Given name · also Bengali
Meghna
“cloud”
Meghna is a feminine given name from Bengali (ultimately Sanskrit), meaning “cloud.”
Original Sanskritमेघ
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Meghna comes from Bengali, and ultimately from Sanskrit.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Meghna developed from मेघ.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Meghna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 685
- 0 boys · 685 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 42 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,341 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −58%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,341 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,466 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.
Meghna’s family of names
In English usage, Meghna developed from मेघ.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Meghna
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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