Aarna

Aarna: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “wave; flood”
Origin: Sanskrit
Say it: AHR-nuh · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Aarna is used in India and is generally derived from Sanskritic forms associated with water, waves, or flowing movement. It is a modern Indian given name with a nature-based sense.

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How popular is Aarna?

202456.0 per million US babies

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Babies named Aarna in 2024186

2024 rank#1,250 girls

Peak year2021

Total US babies since 18802,711

Aarna is rising: use over the last five years is 1.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Aarna

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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Aarna questions

What does the name Aarna mean?

Aarna means "wave; flood". It comes from Sanskrit. Aarna is used in India and is generally derived from Sanskritic forms associated with water, waves, or flowing movement. It is a modern Indian given name with a nature-based sense.

Is Aarna a boy or girl name?

Aarna is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Aarna?

186 US babies were named Aarna in 2024. Its peak year was 2021.

How do you pronounce Aarna?

Aarna is usually pronounced AHR-nuh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.