MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Harini mean?
Hariṇī is the Sanskrit feminine word for a deer. Harini carries that animal image into a personal name, with the doe familiar in Sanskrit descriptions of forests.
Pronunciation
IAST: hariṇī
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
हरिणी
Letter-by-letter: hariṇī
Conventional spelling
Telugu
హరిణి
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Harini in Indian usage
1,123 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 392 |
| 1990s | 591 |
| Other decades | 140 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 948 |
| Other states | 175 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Harini / F | 3 | 5,927 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Harini; Table_6, C6525 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Harini; Table_6, C6525
- Monier-Williams, hariṇī, p. 1291,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.