# Nalini

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{{Infobox given name
| name            = Nalini
| pronunciation   = Nha’lini
| gender          = Female
| meaning         = "lotus", "lily", "goddess Gayatri" "mother of Vedas" "sweet nectar" "Amrit" Feminine
| region          = [India](/source/India)
| language        = Tamil [Hindi](/source/Hindi), [Sanskrit](/source/Sanskrit)
| origin          = 
| alternative spelling = 
| nickname        = Nalina
| variant forms   = Nalaini
| related names   = 
| name day        = 
| derived         = 
| popularity      = 
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}}

'''Nalini''' ([Devanagari](/source/Devanagari): '''नलिनी''') is a female gender [Indian](/source/Indian_people) given name, which means "lotus", "goddess Gayatri","mother of Vedas", "sweet nectar", "Amrit", Feminine "lily" in [Sanskrit](/source/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](/source/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)](/source/Nalini_(actress)) (1984), Indian actress
* [Nalini Ambady](/source/Nalini_Ambady) (1959–2013), Indian psychologist
* [Nalini Anantharaman](/source/Nalini_Anantharaman) (born 1976), French mathematician
* [Nalini Bala Devi](/source/Nalini_Bala_Devi) (1898–1977), Indian writer
* [Nalini Balbir](/source/Nalini_Balbir) (born 1955), French scholar
* [Nalini Bekal](/source/Nalini_Bekal) (born 1954), Indian writer
* [Nalini Chatterjee](/source/Nalini_Chatterjee) (died 1942), Indian judge
* [Nalini Jameela](/source/Nalini_Jameela) (born 1955), Indian writer
* [Nalini Jaywant](/source/Nalini_Jaywant) (1926–2010), Indian actress
* [Nalini Joshi](/source/Nalini_Joshi) (born 1959), Australian mathematician
* [Nalini Krishan](/source/Nalini_Krishan) (born 1977), Fijian actress
* [Nalini Malani](/source/Nalini_Malani) (born 1946), Indian artist
* [Nalini Nadkarni](/source/Nalini_Nadkarni) (born 1954), American ecologist
* Nalini Selvaraj (1944–2014), Indian writer
* [Nalini Priyadarshni](/source/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](/source/Nalini_Singh) (born 1945), Indian journalist
* [Nalini Singh (author)](/source/Nalini_Singh_(author)) (born 1977), New Zealand writer
* [Nalini Singh (human rights activist)](/source/Nalini_Singh_(human_rights_activist)), Fiji
* [Nalini Negi](/source/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}}

== References ==
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