Entry № 4542 · Sanskrit origin

Indrani Indrani — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ in-DRAH-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Queen of Indra (one of the Sapta Matrikas)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "queen of indra (one of the sapta matrikas)".

Indrani (इन्द्राणी) is the feminine of Indra — "queen of Indra." Wife of Indra, king of the Vedic gods — also called Shachi ("power"). Mother of Jayanta and Jayanti; her temple at Indrani in Maharashtra is a renowned pilgrimage site.

Queen of Indra.

The name in its native script.

इन्द्राणी
Transliteration
Indrāṇī
Pronunciation
/ ɪnˈdrɑː.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Indrani stands.

Indrani 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.

Indranis before her.

Real people
Indrani Rahman
Indian classical dancer.
1930 – 1999
In fiction
Indrani
Vedic and Puranic literature.

Names connected to Indrani.

The number behind Indrani.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Indrani reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.