Entry № 1439 · Punjabi origin

Bhani Bhani — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BAH-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Punjabi
Meaning
"Sikh foremother (Bibi Bhani)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Punjabi)

A name that means "sikh foremother (bibi bhani)".

Bhani is from the Punjabi bhan (to like, to be pleasing). Bibi Bhani (1535-1598) was the daughter of the third Sikh Guru Amar Das, wife of the fourth Guru Ram Das, and mother of the fifth Guru Arjan Dev — the only woman in Sikh history to occupy this triple sacred relationship to the Gurus. Her devotion is celebrated as a model of grace.

Among the most revered Sikh women.

Sikh foremother (Bibi Bhani) — a Punjabi name.

The name in its native script.

ਭਾਨੀ
Transliteration
Bhānī
Pronunciation
/ ˈbɑː.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Bhani stands.

Bhani does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Bhanis before her.

Real people
Bibi Bhani
Daughter, wife, and mother of Sikh Gurus.
1535 – 1598
In fiction
Bhani
Subject of Sikh devotional literature.

Names connected to Bhani.

The number behind Bhani.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Bhani reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.