The baby name Abhinava is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /əbʱɪnəvə/ (approx. "uh-BHIH-nuh-vuh").
Abhinava is Sanskrit in Origin.
The baby name Abhinava is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /əbʱɪnəvə/ (approx. "uh-BHIH-nuh-vuh").
Abhinava is Sanskrit in Origin.
Abhinava (Sanskrit: अभिनव) comes from abhi- "toward, very" + nava "new," conveying "new, novel, innovative; ever-fresh, youthful." In classical Sanskrit it served as an adjective and honorific epithet, praising things considered unprecedented or perennially renewed. As a given name throughout India and Nepal, it is chiefly masculine though grammatically unisex.
The name’s cultural profile is elevated by the Kashmiri philosopher-aesthete Abhinavagupta (c. 975–1025), whose celebrated commentary on the Natyashastra is titled Abhinavabharati, strengthening associations with originality and refined insight. Contemporary usage is steady across Indic languages, with regional variants and spellings such as Abhinav (common clipped form) and Abhinaba in Bengali and Odia. Feminine or related forms include Abhinavi (Sanskrit -i formation). Short forms Abhi and Nava are familiar. Parents choose Abhinava to evoke creativity, renewal, and a forward-looking spirit.
Abhinava is extremely rare. Our whole dataset turns up only 16 recorded uses, across 6 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QA | Girls | 0 | #343 | 1 | 15,378 |
| BH | 0 | #587 | 1 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #737 | 3 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #741 | 3 | 18,093 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,035 | 5 | 16,750 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,143 | 1 | 22,615 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,691 | 1 | 28,008 |
Abhinava is popular in 6 countries — most recent births per country:
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