| Sundari | Indu | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Beautiful | Moon |
| Origin | sanskrit | sanskrit |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | SOON-duh-ree | IN-doo |
| Syllables | 3 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2003 (8) | 1969 (5) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Declining | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Sundari | Indu |
|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10 | 5 |
| 2000s | 21 | 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 5 |
From Sanskrit सुन्दरी (sundarī), feminine of sundara 'beautiful, lovely, handsome'. A direct and well established Sanskrit beauty name.
Indu is a poetic Sanskrit name for the moon, often glossed as 'bright drop,' evoking the moon's cool luminosity. An established lunar epithet.
Sundari and Indu are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Sundari means Beautiful (sanskrit origin), while Indu means Moon (sanskrit origin).
In US records, Sundari first appears in 0 and Indu in 0, so Sundari has the longer recorded history.