| Yamini | Drishti | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Night | Sight, vision |
| Origin | sanskrit | sanskrit |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | YAA-mih-nee | DRISH-tee |
| Syllables | 3 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2005 (10) | 2014 (14) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Steady | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Yamini | Drishti |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 6 | 12 |
| 2010s | 0 | 53 |
| 2000s | 32 | 31 |
| 1990s | 18 | 0 |
From the Sanskrit यामिनी (yāminī), 'night', derived from yāma ('a watch of the night'). A genuine, poetic classical word.
From the Sanskrit दृष्टि (dṛṣṭi), 'sight, the act of seeing, vision, the eye', from the root dṛś ('to see'). A well-established classical word.
Yamini and Drishti are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Yamini means Night (sanskrit origin), while Drishti means Sight, vision (sanskrit origin).
In US records, Yamini first appears in 0 and Drishti in 0, so Yamini has the longer recorded history.