Given name
Windi
“moving air; windy”
Windi is a variant of Wind. One American interpretation is “moving air; windy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Windi is a variant of Wind. One American interpretation is “moving air; windy.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Windi is a variant of Wind. An origin associated with Wind is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Windi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 458
- 0 boys · 458 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 34 in 1973. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 467 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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