Given name
Bhavna
“feeling, emotion”
Bhavna is a feminine given name from Sanskrit, meaning “feeling, emotion.”
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bhavna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 37
- 0 boys · 37 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 8 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 6 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,550 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.
Bhavna’s family of names
In English usage, Bhavna has a related form in BHAVANA. In English usage, Bhavna has a related form in BHAVANA.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Bhavna
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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