Given name · also Sanskrit
Purnima
“born beneath the full moon”
Purnima is used as a given name. One Hindi interpretation is “born beneath the full moon.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “born beneath the full moon.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Sanskrit.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Purnima through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1998. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,226 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.
Purnima’s family of names
Purnima has a related form in Purema. Purnima has a related form in Purneama. Purnima has a related form in Purneema.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Purnima
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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