Given name
Meenakshi
“having beautiful eyes”
Meenakshi is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “having beautiful eyes.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “having beautiful eyes.”
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 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Meenakshi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 524
- 0 boys · 524 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 45 babies
- 2025
- 45
- #3,435 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +38%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 45 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,435 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 37.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,197 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.
Meenakshi’s family of names
Meenakshi may belong to the same name family as MEENAKKSHI. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Meenakshi
- Meenakshi SeshadriIndian actress, model and dancerborn 1963
- Meenakshi ChaudharyIndian model and beauty pageant titleholderborn 1999
- Meenakshi JainIndian historianborn 2000
- Meenakshi DixitIndian actressborn 1988
- Meenakshi Gopinatheducationistborn 1949
- Meenakshi PahujaIndian academic and marathon swimmerborn 1978
- Minakshi MukherjeeIndian politicianborn 1984
- Meenakshi Mukherjeelitterateur1937–2009
- Meenakshi Reddy MadhavanIndian blogger
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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