Nalini
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Hindi, Sanskrit |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | "lotus", "lily", "goddess Gayatri" "mother of Vedas" "sweet nectar" "Amrit" |
| Region of origin | India |
Nalini (Devanagari: नलिनी) is a unisex Indian given name, which means "lotus", "goddess Gayatri","mother of Vedas", "sweet nectar", "Amrit", "lily" in Sanskrit.[1][2] The name may refer to:
- Nalini (actress) (born 1964), Indian actress
- Nalini Ambady (1959–2013), Indian psychologist
- Nalini Anantharaman (born 1976), French mathematician
- Nalini Bala Devi (1898–1977), Indian writer
- Nalini Balbir (born 1955), French scholar
- Nalini Bekal (born 1954), Indian writer
- Nalini Chatterjee (died 1942), Indian judge
- Nalini Jameela (born 1955), Indian writer
- Nalini Jaywant (1926–2010), Indian actress
- Nalini Joshi (born 1959), Australian mathematician
- Nalini Krishan (born 1977), Fijian actress
- Nalini Malani (born 1946), Indian artist
- Nalini Nadkarni (born 1954), American ecologist
- Nalini Prava Deka (1944–2014), Indian writer
- Nalini Priyadarshni (born 1974) Indian poet
- Nalini Ranjan Sarkar (1882–1953), Indian businessman
- Nalini Singh (born 1945), Indian journalist
- Nalini Singh (author) (born 1977), New Zealand writer
- Nalini Singh (human rights activist), Fiji
- Nalini Negi (born 1990), Indian actress and model
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Baby Names. "Nalini". Retrieved on 9 January 2016.
- ^ Gandhi, Maneka (2004). The Penguin Book of Hindu Names for Girls. New Delhi: Penguin Books. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-14-303169-7. OCLC 60454994. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
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