Given name & surname
Saloni
“a beautiful dear one”
Saloni is used as a given name and a surname. One Hindi interpretation is “a beautiful dear one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “a beautiful dear one.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Saloni through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 413
- 0 boys · 413 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,624 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,624 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 35 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 986 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.
Saloni’s family of names
Saloni has a related form in Sallonee. Saloni has a related form in Salloni. Saloni has a related form in Salonea.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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