Girl · Tamil
Vanmathi
வான்மதிSay it VAAN-ma-thi
- Meaning today
- Highly knowledgeable
- Original meaning
- "the moon in the sky; also 'great intellect'" Tamil Lexicon, p. 3625
- Say it
- VAAN-ma-thi
- Written
- வான்மதி
- Other spellings
- Vaanmathi, Vanmadhi
Vanmathi
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Vanmathi meaning
Vanmathi (வான்மதி) is a Tamil girl's name.
The moon in the sky; also 'great intellect'
Also used to mean: highly knowledgeable
Vanmathi (வான்மதி) joins two Tamil words that each have two senses. Vāṉ is the sky or heaven, and also greatness; mati is the moon, and also understanding or intellect, from Sanskrit mati. Read one way the name is 'the moon in the sky', read the other 'great intellect', and name lists today give 'highly knowledgeable'. Both readings rest on the Tamil Lexicon's senses. Vaanmathi is also the title of a 1996 Tamil film, and the name is used for Tamil girls.
Source: Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (1924–36), p. 3625 · entry vāṉ (வான்) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Tamil Lexicon, vāṉ (வான்), p. 3625 · Tamil Lexicon, mati (மதி), p. 3056 · Wikipedia, Vaanmathi
How the name is built
- Van வான்: sky, heaven; greatness
Tamil Lexicon 3625 - Mathi மதி: the moon; intellect, understanding
Tamil Lexicon 3056
Spellings
Vanmathi · Vaanmathi · Vanmadhi