Entry № 10369 · Sanskrit origin

Tarani Tarani — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ tah-RAH-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Sun / Surya"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "sun / surya".

Tarani is from the Sanskrit Taraṇī.

Sun / Surya — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

तरणी
Transliteration
Taraṇī
Pronunciation
/ təˈrɑː.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Tarani stands.

Tarani 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.

Taranis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Aditya-Hridayam Ramayana Agastya to Rama / Surya-Namaskara / Gayatri Mantra
Sanskrit Sun ferry-boat rescuer + tṛ to cross + Taraṇi Sun-god Tāraka one-who-helps-cross + Rigveda + Yajur Veda Sun-hymns + Sūrya-Namaskāra twelve-position + Sūrya Aditya + Āditya-Hṛdayam Ramayana Agastya to Rama before Ravana-battle + Gāyatrī Mantra Rigveda 3.62.10 tat savitur vareṇyaṃ + Chāndogya Sun-Vaishvanara
Vedic Sun

Names connected to Tarani.

The number behind Tarani.

9

The Giver

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