| Yamini | Indu | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Night | Moon |
| Origin | sanskrit | sanskrit |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | YAA-mih-nee | IN-doo |
| Syllables | 3 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2005 (10) | 1969 (5) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Steady | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Yamini | Indu |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 6 | 0 |
| 2010s | 0 | 5 |
| 2000s | 32 | 5 |
| 1990s | 18 | 0 |
| 1960s | 0 | 5 |
From the Sanskrit यामिनी (yāminī), 'night', derived from yāma ('a watch of the night'). A genuine, poetic classical word.
Indu is a poetic Sanskrit name for the moon, often glossed as 'bright drop,' evoking the moon's cool luminosity. An established lunar epithet.
Yamini and Indu are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Yamini means Night (sanskrit origin), while Indu means Moon (sanskrit origin).
In US records, Yamini first appears in 0 and Indu in 0, so Yamini has the longer recorded history.