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Re: Meaning of Anvi (Female name, Indian background)
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I have not been able to find the source of any of the Indian meanings given above. Its phonotactics is right, but I can't find an etymology in Sanskrit. I have not heard the word, and have not met a person with than name, and my best guess is that it is a name patterned after other common names (e.g., tanvi) or that it is a name with a meaning in some regional language (e.g., Hindi/Marathi/etc.; since I know Hindi, I can say it is not a common Hindi word).Just to be clear, my previous post which gave the meanings "to join" etc., was talking about the verbal root from which nouns could be derived and verbs could be declined; anvi is not a noun with that meaning in Sanskrit.
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Hi, my name is anvi
as far as i know, its another name for the goddess of forest, and some even say it symbolises the first ray of the sun, kindness and warmth.
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I agree that this name is made up imitating "Tanvi," otherwise "Anvita" rather than "Anvi" could have some meaning.
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