Ishaani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-SHAH-nee
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Ishaani is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “ruler, goddess”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Ishaani mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Ishani; feminine of Ishana
“ruler, goddess”
Ishani is a name of the Hindu goddess Parvati, wife of Shiva.
Meaning borrowed from Ishani. More on Wiktionary.
Is Ishaani a girl's or a boy's name?
Ishaani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ishaani in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Ishaani, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ishaani in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 26 girls in the UK were given Ishaani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,139, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
- Ishani 21
- Ishaani 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Ishaani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
Names like Ishaani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi, Dhanvi, Vaishnavi, Vaani, Avani, Dhriti, Sanvi, Krishvi, Aadhini, Yashvi, Gurbani, Aarvi
Other spellings of Ishaani
Names related to Ishaani
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, “Ishaani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ishaani, updated 20 October 2026.