Navi is a short modern name with several possible sources: in Hebrew navi means "prophet", in Punjabi and Hindi navi means "new", and the Na'vi are the blue-skinned people of the Avatar films. Its sound fits the fashion for brief, vowel-rich girls' names like Nova, Nia and Navy. Navi has risen from number 3,333 in 2015 to number 1,255 in 2025, its best rank so far.