Given name & surname
Juhi
“resembling a fragrant flower”
Juhi is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “resembling a fragrant flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “resembling a fragrant flower.”
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 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Juhi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 392
- 0 boys · 392 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,497 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −29%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,497 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 28 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 809 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.
Juhi’s family of names
Juhi has a related form in Jui. In English usage, Juhi was borrowed from the Hindi form जूही.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Juhi
- Juhi ChawlaIndian actressborn 1967
- Juhi ParmarIndian actressborn 1980
- Juhi Dewanganbadminton playerborn 1994
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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