Entry № 7142 · Hindi origin

Naina Naina — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NIE-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hindi
Meaning
"Eyes"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "eyes".

Naina (नैना) is the Hindi word for "eyes" — from the Sanskrit nayana.

Naina Yadav is a contemporary Indian actress; Naina Lal Kidwai is the Indian banker.

Eyes. The Hindi window to the soul.

The name in its native script.

नैना
Transliteration
Nainā
Pronunciation
/ ˈnaɪ.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Naina stands.

Naina 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.

Nainas before her.

Real people
Naina Lal Kidwai
Indian banker.
born 1957
In fiction
Naina
Common in Bollywood films.

Names connected to Naina.

The number behind Naina.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Naina reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.