Jyothi
Meaning
flame, sacred light (Sanskrit jyoti). The th spelling is the Telugu signature, and the name belongs to the mother and grandmother generations; its daughters are likelier to be Sahasra or Hasini, which makes it a natural honor name
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Jyothi has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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