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The name Dhani, pronounced 'Danny', is created from two notes which form part of the Indian music scale. It's a lot like our 'do, re, me'. The two notes are 'Dha' and 'Ni'. It is also interesting that the two notes preceeding these on the scale are 'Ma' and 'Pa'.
There are many websites that claim that Dhani means 'wealthy' in the Indian culture. Others say that's false. I don't know which one is right! Personally, if Dhani was created by George and Olivia by using the notes on the scale, wouldn't that make Dhani a completely original name there for not having a meaning?
It's also rumored that Dhani's middle name is 'Hare' after Hare Krishna.
According to the Kabalarian Philosophy, here's what they say Dhani is like:
"The first name of Dhani creates an intense personal nature. Your feelings and emotional desires are strong and consequently you are an individual, determined, strong-willed person. Your creative nature and ambition drive you to pursue success to the extent that you jeopardize your personal well-being. There is a tendency for you to dominate others. You are too certain of yourself, and you are not open to the views of others or responsive to their desires or needs. Also, this name does not incorporate qualities that enable you to be diplomatic and to compromise."
I received an e-mail with some interesting points about Dhani's name that I didn't know, but she did. She's very much involved in the Indian culture/languages. Here what she had to say:
While I know that George and Olivia named their son after the notes of the Indian scale, it is true that "Dhani" means "wealthy" in Sanskrit [I'm a Sanskrit graduate student].
However, I must qualify this statement. It all depends on pronunciation: "dhani" with its meaning of "wealthy" would be pronounced with a short "a" and a long "i" (making the most correct pronuniation "dhuh-nee", in that case). I don't know the Indian scale, so I don't know if the "dha" would be long or short in that system. So, really? It all depends on how it's spelled in the original script. If it's a long "a" in the name, it does NOT mean wealthy. If it's a short one, it does.
But for a quick nerdy grammar lesson, here goes: "dhana" (both short a's) means, among other things, "wealth, property, riches, treasure". "dhanin" is a person who has all wealth. The nominative (i.e., the way the word is written when it is the subject of the sentence) would be "dhani" (with a long i), which brings us back to the beginning
