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Hemamalini
हेममालिनीSay it hay-muh-MAA-li-nee
- Meaning today
- Having golden garlands, golden
- Original meaning
- "garlanded or adorned with gold (feminine of hemamālin)" Monier-Williams, p. 1304
- Say it
- hay-muh-MAA-li-nee
- Written
- हेममालिनी
- Other spellings
- Hema Malini, Hemmalini
- First sound
- हे · Kark rashi
Hemamalini
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Hemamalini meaning
Hemamalini (हेममालिनी) is a Hindu girl's name of Sanskrit origin. By its first sound, हे, it is a Kark rashi name (Pushya nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Garlanded or adorned with gold (feminine of hemamālin)
Also used to mean: having golden garlands, golden
Hemamalini (हेममालिनी) is the feminine of Sanskrit hemamālin, from heman, "gold", and mālā, "garland". Monier-Williams gives hemamālin as garlanded or adorned with gold, a word the Rāmāyaṇa uses of richly decorated elephants, and as a masculine noun, a name of the sun. Name lists give Hemamalini as "having golden garlands" or simply "golden", which matches the dictionary. The name is best known through the actress and politician Hema Malini, who writes it as two words.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 1304 · entry hemamālin · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, hemamālin, p. 1304 · Wikipedia, Hema Malini
Famous namesakes
- Hema Malini, Hindi film actress and politician
Fits your syllable
First sound हे
Pushya nakshatra, pada 2 · Kark rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Hemamalini · Hema Malini · Hemmalini