Yami
Yami means Night, twin of Yama, celestial.
| Gender | girl |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Language | Hindi |
| Starts with | Y |
Classical Sanskrit origin
यमी (yamī): N. of Yama's twin-sister (who is identified in Post-vedic mythology with the river-goddess Yamunā).
Source: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), a public-domain scholarly reference — not every popular name today traces to a classical dictionary entry, so this section only appears where a verified match exists.
Traditional associations
In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule.
- Rashi: Kark
- Nakshatra: Punarvasu
- More names starting with Y
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Night, twin of Yama, celestial”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Thomas — Twin, Kerala Syrian Christian foremost name
- Yamuna — Sacred river Yamuna, twin
- Kusha — Sacred grass used in Vedic rituals; twin son of Rama and Sita
- Lava — A small portion or particle; twin son of Rama and Sita
- Lav — A piece, twin son of Lord Rama, a moment of time
- Ramkrishna — Rama and Krishna combined, the divine twin ideal
More girls' names of Sanskrit origin
Other names under Kark rashi
- Priya — Beloved, dear one, darling
- Divyansh — Divine part, a sacred portion of the supreme divine
- Disha — Direction, path, guiding light
- Ganesh — Lord of all beings, elephant-headed god
- Khushi — Happiness, joy
- Devansh — Part of God, divine fraction and heavenly portion
Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Kark names.
Where this comes from
Yami's etymology is verified against Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.