Tarini Tarini — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

Tarini is from the Sanskrit Tāriṇī (तारिणी — savior, liberator, one who carries across). A modern American baby name in the broader Sanskrit-Hindu heritage aesthetic. Tarini is one of the foundational Hindu goddess names — central to the foundational Maa Tarini devotion (one of the foundational forms of goddess Durga / Shakti, particularly venerated in Odisha at the foundational Maa Tarini Temple of Ghatgaon since ancient times). Closely related to the foundational Tibetan Buddhist goddess Tara (savior). The foundational Indian Naval Sailing Vessel INSV Tarini is named after the goddess — used in the foundational Navika Sagar Parikrama (2017-2018, the foundational first all-women Indian Navy circumnavigation of the globe led by Lt. Commander Vartika Joshi). Foundational Hindu goddess name reflecting the broader Indian + Bengali + Odia devotional heritage + 21st-century Indian women's achievement.

Featured throughout Bengali heritage.