Tylanni

michi

Am thinking of naming my baby girl Tylanni, does anyone know the meaning of this beautiful name?

Bunks

michi said:

Am thinking of naming my baby girl Tylanni, does anyone know the meaning of this beautiful name?

Sorry but I can't help with the name but wish you all the best with the child birth.....such a special and emotional time in your life.

My wife is due to have no. 2 in 7 weeks so ours will almost be the same age!

Metta...

michi

Thank you for your wishes Bunks! And best of luck to you and your wife and your new bundle!

federica

The closest I can estimate is that Lani means 'Queen' and 'Tila' means daughter. So maybe you're calling your daughter 'Princess'.
However, I have discovered an alternate spelling is Tylanii' which means "Celestial Goddess'.

Just a thought....

Sile

Very mysterious - though the name is popular, and you can find out it's various caste and star associations in India, its meaning isn't given or even guessed at!

"Tila" and "tilān" are high-usage terms in Sanskrit though, meaning "sesame." Sesame was incredibly important in Indian history, even sacred, and there are countless references to sesame in the sutras.

-ni is a common suffix for creating adjectives:

tarani (swift)
carani (moving)

Another interesting possibility is a relation to "shila," morality--in Burmese Buddhism, the pronunciation is "thila."

Thilani is a hugely popular name in Ceylon. Can't find any references to the meaning of that name, either!

ṭillā is the Sanskrit name of a Vedic deity - maybe the name is older than Buddhism? That word is also in a lot of monastery names (usually referring to the hill, as in Ṭillā Gorakshanātha).

Really odd to find so little on this.

Sile

Even though the online "Indian baby names" dictionaries don't mention a meaning for Tilani, it's a common surname for people of the Sindh caste (according to the many people by that last name who are advertising for spouses )

On this forum, a poster says the god Anu was also called Nannar Sin in the Rig-Veda, and connects this god to the Sindhs:

"Now, if you read Sumerian, Babylonian and even Egyptian history, Anu (and variations of his name) represented some great god in heaven. All the gods call themselves “the sons of Anu.” [Maybe @federica's tila, "daughter," suggests "daughter of Anu?"]

"So when you see that fourth line in the above poem that describes Nannar Sin as the god Anu...I feel justified in suggesting that Nannar Sin originally came from the Sind region, because the Sind region was where the famous Sindhu river flowed...Thus I make no apologies for suggesting that Nannar Sin represents the lunar dynasty cult of the Sind region..."

Maybe the fact the name may derive from a (now) foreign god explains the lack of Sanskrit/Hindu meanings? Fed's "Celestial Goddess" seems spot-on, since Anu was the god of the sky (an, Sumerian, "sky.")

I remain curious about the brief reference to ṭillā being a deity; can't seem to find any more on that.

But I still like "sesame seed."

michi

Thanks Federica, what you're saying makes sense!

michi

Thank you Sile, your thoughts are really interesting! I like the sound of sesame seed too My husband is Sri Lankan so I'll see what my outlaws, oops - inlaws! can dig up.. Thanks again, Michi