Avaani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-VAH-nee
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,135 for girls
Avaani is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “the earth”. In 2025 it ranked 1,135th for girls in the UK (31 babies).
What does Avaani mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Avani
“the earth”
Is Avaani a girl's or a boy's name?
Avaani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Avaani in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,135th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31 about 1 in 9,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the UK were named Avaani, making it the 1,135th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,526th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 38 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Avaani in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 70 girls in the UK were given Avaani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #565, up from #1,135 for this spelling alone.
- Avani 39
- Avaani 31
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,079th in England and Wales.
Avaani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #1,135 |
| 2024 | 32 | #1,111 |
| 2023 | 34 | #1,075 |
| 2022 | 38 | #974 |
| 2021 | 25 | #1,353 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,526 |
| 2019 | 27 | #1,285 |
| 2018 | 30 | #1,210 |
| 2017 | 26 | #1,356 |
| 2016 | 25 | #1,410 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2014 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,559 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,681 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
Names like Avaani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anvi, Aarvi, Saanvi, Avni, Vaani, Anvika, Aadhini, Dhriti, Sanvi, Aashvi, Gurbani, Dhanvi
Other spellings of Avaani
Names related to Avaani
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Avaani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/avaani, updated 20 October 2026.