Given name
Rajni
“night”
Rajni is a feminine given name from Sanskrit, meaning “night.”
Meaning & origin
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 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rajni through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17
- 0 boys · 17 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 7 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 1990. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 976 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.
Rajni’s family of names
In English usage, Rajni has a related form in Rajani. Rajni is a contracted form of Rajani. In English usage, Rajni has a related form in Rajani.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
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