Gamini
Origin
Sinhala
Syllables
3
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
chief, leader (Pali gamani); the epithet of the hero-king Dutugamunu of the second century BCE, and a mid-century staple for Sinhala boys, now firmly a grandfather-generation name
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890srare in US records2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Gamini has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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