Girl · Sanskrit (modern formation) · Hindu
Tanvika
तन्विकाSay it TUN-vi-kaa
- Meaning today
- Slender, delicate, graceful
- Original meaning
- "from tanvī, a slender or delicate woman" Monier-Williams, p. 435
- Say it
- TUN-vi-kaa
- Written
- तन्विका
- Other spellings
- Thanvika
Tanvika
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Tanvika meaning
Tanvika (तन्विका) is a Hindu girl's name of Sanskrit origin (modern formation).
From tanvī, a slender or delicate woman
Also used to mean: graceful
Tanvika (तन्विका) is a modern name built on Sanskrit tanvī, the feminine of tanu. Monier-Williams gives tanu as "thin, slender, delicate, fine" and tanvī as "a slender or delicate woman", a word used of heroines in classical plays such as Śakuntalā. The ending -kā is a familiar, affectionate suffix, so Tanvika reads as a softer form of the name Tanvi. Name lists give it as "slender" or "delicate", sometimes "graceful", which fits the root. Tanvika itself is a recent coinage and does not appear in the old dictionaries.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 435 · entry tanvī · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, tanu and tanvī, p. 435
Fits your syllable
First sound त
Swati nakshatra, pada 4 · Tula rashi
This exact sound isn't in the table; the closest is ता, which differs only in vowel length. North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Tanvika · Thanvika