Vaani is an Indian name from the Sanskrit vāṇī, meaning "speech" or "voice", and is an epithet of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of learning and music. The double a is a modern Indian spelling that marks the long vowel, and the name has gained ground in the United States with Indian American families. Vaani was rare in 2015, at about number 6960, and has climbed to number 2075 in 2025, its best rank so far.