Given name
Rohini
“a beautiful woman”
Rohini is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “a beautiful woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a beautiful woman.”
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 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rohini through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 337
- 0 boys · 337 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,918 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,918 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,763 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.
Rohini’s family of names
Rohini has a related form in Rohinea. Rohini has a related form in Rohinee. Rohini has a related form in Rohiney.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Rohini
- Rohini HattangadiIndian actressborn 1955
- Rohini GodboleIndian physicist (1952–2024)
- Rohini PandeIndian economist
- G. RohiniIndian judgeborn 1955
- Rohini NilekaniIndian author of children's books and philanthropistborn 1960
- Rohini Mariam IdiculaIndian actress, anchor and modelborn 1984
- Rohini SindhuriIndian civil servantborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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