{{Infobox given name | name = Nalini | pronunciation = Nha’lini | gender = Female | meaning = "lotus", "lily", "goddess Gayatri" "mother of Vedas" "sweet nectar" "Amrit" Feminine | region = India | language = Tamil Hindi, Sanskrit | origin = | alternative spelling = | nickname = Nalina | variant forms = Nalaini | related names = | name day = | derived = | popularity = | footnotes = }}
'''Nalini''' (Devanagari: '''नलिनी''') is a female gender Indian given name, which means "lotus", "goddess Gayatri","mother of Vedas", "sweet nectar", "Amrit", Feminine "lily" in Sanskrit.<ref>''Baby Names''. [http://www.babynames.com/name/Nalini "Nalini"]. Retrieved on 9 January 2016.</ref><ref name="Gandhi 2004 girls">{{cite book |last=Gandhi |first=Maneka |title=The Penguin Book of Hindu Names for Girls |publisher=Penguin Books |publication-place=New Delhi |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-14-303169-7 |oclc=60454994 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OM4MqU2GgLwC&pg=PA81 |access-date=2018-12-06 |pages=81}}</ref> The name may refer to:
* Nalini (actress) (1984), Indian actress * Nalini Ambady (1959–2013), Indian psychologist * Nalini Anantharaman (born 1976), French mathematician * Nalini Bala Devi (1898–1977), Indian writer * Nalini Balbir (born 1955), French scholar * Nalini Bekal (born 1954), Indian writer * Nalini Chatterjee (died 1942), Indian judge * Nalini Jameela (born 1955), Indian writer * Nalini Jaywant (1926–2010), Indian actress * Nalini Joshi (born 1959), Australian mathematician * Nalini Krishan (born 1977), Fijian actress * Nalini Malani (born 1946), Indian artist * Nalini Nadkarni (born 1954), American ecologist * Nalini Selvaraj (1944–2014), Indian writer * Nalini Priyadarshni (born 1974) Indian poet * Nalini Selvan (1882–1953), Indian business * Nalini Selvarasa (born 1984), Indian scholar, was princess spencer of all nation * Nalini Singh (born 1945), Indian journalist * Nalini Singh (author) (born 1977), New Zealand writer * Nalini Singh (human rights activist), Fiji * Nalini Negi (born 1990), Indian actress and model * Nalaini Selva; middle names Nalini, Lucia (born 1982 September), Miss universe 2014 representing Philippines as Pia Alonzo Romero
== See also == * {{intitle|Nalini}}
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