Nandini
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Nandini is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bangladesh than in any other country. Recorded meaning: name for Siva (god of destruction).
- USUnited States1 in 157K(measured from records)
- BDBangladesh≈1 in 49K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 60K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Nandini itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Bangladesh (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 225 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 49K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,300 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Bangladesh, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
name for Siva (god of destruction)
Sources 1
- A Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Nandini 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD Bangladesh | ≈3,300 est. | ≈1 in 49K | listed | Nandini | 15 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 96K | listed | Nandini | 67 |
| US United States | 2,123 | 1 in 157K | 2.1K | Nandini | 225 |
| CN China | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 727K | — | Nandini | 6 |
| AO Angola | ≈520 est. | ≈1 in 63K | — | Nandini | 1 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈410 est. | ≈1 in 80K | — | Nandini | 21 |
| SG Singapore | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 60K | — | Nandini | 24 |
| GY Guyana | 101as Nandani | 1 in 7.4K | 101 | — | — |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Nandini Satpathyb. 1931INpolitician from Odisha, India (1931-2006)
- Nandini Sahub. 1973INIndian poet, writer and critic
- Nandini Mitrab. 1975DEGerman television presenter
- Nandini Valli Muthiahb. 1976INIndian; artist (born 1976)
- Nandini Bapatb. 1989USAmerican actress, screenwriter, and producer
- Nandini Putri Arumnib. 2001IDIndonesian badminton player
- Nandini Minochaactress
- Nandini BajpaiINIndian author
- Nandini JammiUSAmerican digital activist and marketing advisor
- Nandini TrivediUSIndian-American physicist and researcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 40 sources across 23 countries.
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Nandini mean, and where does it come from?
- name for Siva (god of destruction) Recorded by A Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India.
- Is Nandini a male or female name?
- Nandini is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Nandini have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.3 thousand people named Nandini in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nandini.
- How common is the name Nandini?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,123 people named Nandini in 2020, about 1 in 157 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nandiniThe 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, “Nandini”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.