Given name

Venu

“a bamboo, reed, cane; a flute, fife, pipe”

Venu is a masculine given name from Sanskrit, meaning “a bamboo, reed, cane; a flute, fife, pipe.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Venu means “a bamboo, reed, cane; a flute, fife, pipe.”

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Where it comes from

Venu comes from Sanskrit.

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How it developed

From Sanskrit वेणु (“a bamboo, reed, cane; a flute, fife, pipe”).

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People named Venu

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Sibling ideas

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