Madhavi
Origin
Tamil
Syllables
3
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
a spring-flowering vine (from Sanskrit madhavi); the accomplished dancer of the Sangam-era epic Silappatikaram
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890srare in US records2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Madhavi has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
The Madhavi deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Madhavi truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Madhavi fits with your family’s names and surname.
Keep exploring
Does Madhavi fit YOUR family?
nametree reads your family’s names and finds the ones that belong. Free, private, no ads.
Add Madhavi to your family’s tree →