Unni

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

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Unni has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

Names that fit alongside Unni

Biju Raman Rauni Phani Nani Krishnan

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