Ashwini
Girl · ASH-win-ee · Sanskrit
Ashwini is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “first lunar mansion”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ashwini mean?
Sanskrit: feminine form of Ashvin, from Sanskrit ashva 'horse'
“first lunar mansion”
In Hindu astrology Ashwini is the first of the 27 nakshatras, or lunar mansions, linked to the twin Ashvins.
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- ASH-win-ee
Is Ashwini a girl's or a boy's name?
Ashwini is a girls' name.
How popular is Ashwini in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ashwini in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ashwini in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Ashwini in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Ashwini in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ashwini in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
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