Given name
Madhavi
“a kind or sweet man”
Madhavi is a feminine form of Madhav. One Indian interpretation is “a kind or sweet man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Madhavi is a feminine form of Madhav. One Indian interpretation is “a kind or sweet man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
How it developed
Madhavi is used as a feminine counterpart of Madhav.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Madhavi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 105
- 0 boys · 105 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,269 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,269 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,540 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.
Madhavi’s family of names
Madhavi is a feminine form of Madhav. In English usage, Madhavi has a related form in MADHVI. In English usage, Madhavi has a related form in MADHVI.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Madhavi
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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