Arnav
अर्णवocean, sea
BoyModern
Meaning, spelling & pronunciation →
Girl name · Modern Indian
Aarna
आरना
wave; a name of Lakshmi
Hear Aarna
Auntie's synthesized voice says “Aarna!” Regional and family pronunciations can differ.
Saved in this browser only
View your favoritesWhat does Aarna mean?
Aarna is popularly read as ‘wave’ and as a name of Lakshmi, but neither meaning is settled. One proposed connection is Sanskrit arṇa, ‘wave’, ‘flood’ or ‘stream’, and its feminine form arṇā, ‘river’, recorded by Monier-Williams. Those forms have a short opening vowel, however, and the cited sources do not establish a link to Aarna. The claim that it names Lakshmi also lacks a textual reference here. Water imagery is therefore the likely association, rather than a verified translation of the name.
No dictionary entry documents this spelling with that sense, so the meaning above is the one families use, not a dictionary definition. How we use sources.
Spelling and pronunciation
आरना is read aar-naa, in two syllables with long vowels. Arna and Aarnaa are alternative Roman spellings. Keep r and n together without adding a vowel between them. The proposed Sanskrit connection arṇā differs in both its opening vowel and its n sound from the Devanagari spelling given here.
Also spelled Arna.