Given name
Shalini
“one who is modest”
Shalini is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “one who is modest.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “one who is modest.”
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 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shalini through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 784
- 0 boys · 784 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 29 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −100%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 29 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,303 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.
Shalini’s family of names
Shalini has a related form in Shalinea. Shalini has a related form in Shalinee. Shalini has a related form in Shalinie.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Shallinilikely variant
- Shalinnilikely variant
- Shalyneevariant
- Shalineavariant
- Shalynyvariant
- Shalineevariant
- Shalynivariant
- Shalinyvariant
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People named Shalini
- Shalini PandeyIndian actressborn 1993
- ShaliniIndian film actressborn 1980
- Shalini PatilIndian politician1931–2025
- Shalini RanderiaProfessor of Anthropology and Sociologyborn 1955
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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