The baby name Banhi is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced BAHN-hee (IPA: /ˈbɑːnhi/).
The baby name Banhi is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced BAHN-hee (IPA: /ˈbɑːnhi/).
Banhi is Bengali, Sanskrit in Origin.
Banhi is an Indic given name stemming from Sanskrit vahni, “fire” or “sacrificial flame.” Through Prakrit and eastern Indo‑Aryan sound shifts, it appears in Assamese and in literary Bengali as banhi/bonhi for “fire,” evoking purity, energy, and transformative power; in Vedic contexts it points to the consecrated hearth. The name is used for all genders, though in contemporary India it skews feminine.
The word banhi is well attested in Assamese folk songs and in Bengali poetic compounds such as banhishikha (“tongue of flame”), and the personal name has seen modest regional use since the early 20th century, with broader revival among urban Indians and the diaspora. Variants and spellings include Banhee, Baanhi, Bonhi; Sanskritic forms Vahni, Vahnī, or Vanhi. Related cognates are Agni and Anala. Note that Bani/Vani derives from vānī (“speech,” epithet of Saraswati) and is semantically distinct.
Banhi is extremely rare. There are only 10 recorded uses on record, spread over 6 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD | Girls | 0 | #357 | 2 | 7,678 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #404 | 3 | 8,413 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #653 | 2 | 13,121 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,267 | 1 | 17,781 |
Banhi is popular in 6 countries — most recent births per country:
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