Harini
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HA-ri-nee
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Harini is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “doe, female deer”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Harini mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit harini
“doe, female deer”
Sanskrit word for a doe, a classic image of grace and gentle eyes in Indian poetry.
Is Harini a girl's or a boy's name?
Harini is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Harini in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Harini, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Harini in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Harini in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,784 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,634 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
How popular is Harini in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Harini, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 39 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Harini in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Harini in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 30 | #4,631 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,154 |
| 2012 | 37 | #4,046 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 39 | #3,888 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,880 |
| 2007 | 39 | #3,982 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,703 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
Names like Harini
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Vaishnavi, Avani, Saanvi, Dhriti, Sanvi, Yashvi, Dhanvi, Tanvi, Kashvi, Vaani, Anvi, Ishani
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), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Harini: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harini, updated 20 October 2026.