Entry № 2475 · Sanskrit origin

Dharini Dharini — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ dah-REE-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Bearer / earth"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "bearer / earth".

Dharini is from the Sanskrit Dhāriṇī.

Bearer / earth — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

धारिणी
Transliteration
Dhāriṇī
Pronunciation
/ dəˈriː.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Dharini stands.

Dharini 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.

Dharinis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Buddhist Dharani / Heart Sutra / Maha-Karuna Dharani
Sanskrit bearer supporter earth + dhṛ to hold + Buddhist Dhāraṇī protective-mantra + Prajñāpāramitā-Hṛdaya Sūtra Heart Sutra ~4th c. + Uṣṇīṣa-Vijayā Dhāraṇī + Mahā-Karuṇā Dhāraṇī thousand-armed-Avalokiteśvara + Vajrayana + Bhūmi Devi
Buddhist

Names connected to Dharini.

The number behind Dharini.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Dharini reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.