Meena

Where Meena comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit मीना (mīnā).
— Wiktionary's entry for Meena
  • Sanskrit
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1965
    First appearance
    #5,817 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2023
    Peak, #3,047
    54 babies named Meena — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Sanskrit.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.