| Tanvi | Anvi | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Slender, delicate | one who follows or seeks; goddess-linked |
| Origin | sanskrit | sanskrit |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | TUN-vee | AN-vee |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2009 (140) | 2025 (126) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Declining | Rising |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Tanvi | Anvi |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 263 | 489 |
| 2010s | 982 | 704 |
| 2000s | 862 | 226 |
| 1990s | 150 | 0 |
| 1980s | 41 | 0 |
From the Sanskrit तन्वी (tanvī), 'slender-bodied, delicate', from tanu ('body, slender'). Recorded as an epithet of the goddess Durga.
A modern Indian name, glossed from Sanskrit anu-vi as 'one who follows/seeks', and also claimed as an epithet of Parvati or Lakshmi. Sources disagree and no classical etymology is firmly fixed; meaning unsettled.
Tanvi and Anvi are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Tanvi means Slender, delicate (sanskrit origin), while Anvi means one who follows or seeks; goddess-linked (sanskrit origin).
In US records, Tanvi first appears in 0 and Anvi in 0, so Tanvi has the longer recorded history.