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Hamsini
हंसिनीSay it HUM-si-nee
- Meaning today
- Like a swan, Saraswati
- Original meaning
- "a particular manner of walking (in a music treatise)" Monier-Williams, p. 1286
- Say it
- HUM-si-nee
- Written
- हंसिनी
- Other spellings
- Hansini, Hamsinee
Hamsini
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Hamsini meaning
Hamsini (हंसिनी) is a Hindu girl's name of Sanskrit origin.
Meaning today
Like a swan, Saraswati
Original Sanskrit meaning
"a particular manner of walking (in a music treatise)"
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 1286 · entry haṃsinī · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
Hamsini (हंसिनी) is built on Sanskrit haṃsa, the goose or swan. Monier-Williams records the feminine haṃsinī as the name of a particular way of walking, from the Saṃgītaratnākara, a treatise on music and dance, so the dictionary word describes a gait rather than the bird itself. Name lists today give Hamsini as "like a swan" or as a name of Sarasvatī, whose vehicle is the swan. That devotional sense is a modern reading built on haṃsa rather than a dictionary sense of haṃsinī. The spelling Hamsini is used in South India; Hansini is the North Indian form.
References: Monier-Williams, haṃsinī, p. 1286 · Monier-Williams, haṃsa, p. 1286
Fits your syllable
First sound ह
Punarvasu nakshatra, pada 3 · Mithun rashi
This exact sound isn't in the table; the closest is हा, which differs only in vowel length. North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Hamsini · Hansini · Hamsinee