Given name
Bhavani
“a giver of life”
Bhavani is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “a giver of life.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a giver of life.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bhavani through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 23
- 0 boys · 23 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1996. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 801 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bhavani’s family of names
Bhavani has a related form in Bavanea. Bhavani has a related form in Bavaneah. Bhavani has a related form in Bavanee.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Bavaneahvariant
- Bavaneavariant
- Bavaneevariant
- Bavaneyvariant
- Bavanyvariant
- Bavanievariant
- Bavanivariant
- Bhavaneahvariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bhavani
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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