Given name

Phani

Phani is a masculine given name from Sanskrit.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Phani comes from Sanskrit.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Sanskrit फणिन्.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Phani’s family of names

Phani may belong to the same name family as PHANNI. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Phani’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Phani, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Sanskrit

Devayani

Devayani is a feminine given name from Sanskrit.

No U.S. birth series

62% boys · 38% girls

Sanskrit

Abhati

Abhati is a surname from Sanskrit.

No U.S. birth series

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Sanskrit

Akhand

“unified, undivided”

No U.S. birth series

92% boys · 8% girls

Sanskrit

Yathi

“striver, sage”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sanskrit · Modern

Aryan

“noble; noble one”

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94% boys · 6% girls

Sanskrit

Āryaśke

“noble”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sanskrit

Ananta

Ananta is a masculine given name from Sanskrit.

No U.S. birth series

73% boys · 27% girls

Sanskrit

Anirvan

“un-”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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