Given name & surname · also Malayalam

Sini

“a fair-skinned girl”

Sini is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a fair-skinned girl.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One English interpretation is “a fair-skinned girl.”

Where it comes from

Sini comes from Malayalam, and ultimately from Italian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Finnish usage, Sini is an affectionate form of SINIKKA.

Sini’s family of names

In German usage, Sini is a diminutive of SINAH. In Greek usage, Sini as a surname is a transliteration of Σίνη. In Finnish usage, Sini is an affectionate form of SINIKKA.

Walk Sini’s family in the name graph

SiniΣίνιΣινήΣίνηSinikkaSinah

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Sini has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Italian roots to each of them.

GreekItalian

5 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 3

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

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Italian

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French

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Sini’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.