Given name
Chandani
“born with the moonbeams”
Chandani is used as a given name. One Hindi interpretation is “born with the moonbeams.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “born with the moonbeams.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chandani through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 96
- 0 boys · 96 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 10 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 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 328 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.
Chandani’s family of names
Chandani has a related form in Chandanie. Chandani has a related form in Chandanea. Chandani has a related form in Chandaneah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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