Unni
Origin
Malayalam
Syllables
2
Peak era
1970s
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
little one in Malayalam; evokes Unnikrishnan, the child Krishna worshipped at Kerala's Guruvayur temple, and works as both a pet name and a standalone given name
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890speak 1970s2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Unni peaked in the 1970s.
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