Bharani
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Bharani is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: one of twenty-seven stars in Hindu astrology.
- SGSingapore≈1 in 302K(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 559K
- USUnited States≈1 in 1.8M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 106 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 302K (inferred from the name graph)
≈180 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Singapore, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
one of twenty-seven stars in Hindu astrology
Sources 1
- A Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India
Where in the world(measured from records)
Bharani counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 1.8M | listed | Bharani | 101 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈58 est. | ≈1 in 559K | — | Bharani | 8 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈26 est. | ≈1 in 2.5M | — | Bharani | 18 |
| SG Singapore | ≈21 est. | ≈1 in 302K | — | Bharani | 7 |
| PL Poland | 2 | 1 in 19M | 2 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Bharani is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, The second nakshatra in Hindu astronomy, corresponding to 35, 39, and 41 Arietis.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 9 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Bharani mean, and where does it come from?
- one of twenty-seven stars in Hindu astrology Recorded by A Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India.
- Is Bharani a male or female name?
- Bharani is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Bharani have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 183 people named Bharani in the United States, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bharani.
- How common is the name Bharani?
- In Poland, the national register counted 2 people named Bharani in 2026, about 1 in 19 million residents.
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curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/bharaniThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bharani”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.