Nalini (Devanagari: नलिनी) is a unisex Indian given name, which means "lotus" or "lily" in Sanskrit. The name may refer to:
Nalini (actress) (born 1964), Indian actress
Nalini Ambady (1959–2013), Indian psychologist
Nalini Anantharaman (born 1976), French mathematician
Nalini Bala Devi (1898–1977), Indian writer
Nalini Balbir (born 1955), French scholar
Nalini Bekal (born 1954), Indian writer
Nalini Chatterjee (died 1942), Indian judge
Nalini Jameela (born 1955), Indian writer
Nalini Jaywant (1926–2010), Indian actress
Nalini Joshi (born 1959), Australian mathematician
Nalini Krishan (born 1977), Fijian actress
Nalini Malani (born 1946), Indian artist
Nalini Nadkarni (born 1954), American ecologist
Nalini Prava Deka (1944–2014), Indian writer
Nalini Ranjan Sarkar (1882–1953), Indian businessman
Nalini Singh (born 1945), Indian journalist
Nalini Singh (author) (born 1977), New Zealand writer
Nalini Priyadarshni (Punjabi poet
