Given name
Indu
“woman of the moon”
Indu is used as a given name. One Hindi interpretation is “woman of the moon.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “woman of the moon.”
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 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Indu through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 0 boys · 15 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 5 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 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,259 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.
Indu’s family of names
Indu has a related form in Indukala. Indu has a related form in Induma. In Malayalam usage, Indu is a Roman-alphabet rendering of ഇന്ദു.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Indu
- Indu JainIndian businesswoman (1936–2021)
- Indu MalhotraJudge of Supreme Court of Indiaborn 1956
- Indu MenonIndian writerborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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