Meaning and Origin
What does the name Bindi mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- According to a user from Australia, the name Bindi is of Hindi origin and means "Butterfly".
Borrowed from Hindi बिंदी (bindī).
- The “holy dot” traditionally worn on the forehead of married Hindu women.
- Synonyms: kumkum, pottu, sindoor, tika, tilak, tilakam
- Makeup or jewellery worn in imitation of such a dot.
Shortening of bindi-eye.
- (Australia) The common lawn weed, Soliva sessilis, introduced to Australia from South America.
- (Australia) A seed of this plant, having small sharp spines which stick painfully into bare feet.
- (Australia) Any of a number of plants of the genus Calotis which have small burrs with fine barbed awns.
- (Australia) Any of a various plants of the genus Sclerolaena.
bindi was also found in the following language(s): Esperanto, Hausa, Icelandic, and Old Norse