| Yamini | Lavanya | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Night | grace, beauty, charm |
| Origin | sanskrit | sanskrit |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | YAA-mih-nee | luh-VUN-yah |
| Syllables | 3 | 3 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2005 (10) | 2007 (18) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Steady | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Yamini | Lavanya |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 6 | 31 |
| 2010s | 0 | 95 |
| 2000s | 32 | 107 |
| 1990s | 18 | 28 |
From the Sanskrit यामिनी (yāminī), 'night', derived from yāma ('a watch of the night'). A genuine, poetic classical word.
From Sanskrit lavanya (लावण्य), 'loveliness, grace, charm, beauty' (literally 'saltiness', extended to attractiveness). Well established.
Yamini and Lavanya are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Yamini means Night (sanskrit origin), while Lavanya means grace, beauty, charm (sanskrit origin).
In US records, Yamini first appears in 0 and Lavanya in 0, so Yamini has the longer recorded history.