Indian Names · Boy
Ghanshyam name meaning
“dark like a cloud”
- Letters
- 9
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- G
- Origin
- Sanskrit · Hindi
- Category
- Indian Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Devanagari scriptघनश्याम
Ghanshyam is a boy's name from Sanskrit meaning 'dark like a cloud', from ghana 'cloud' and shyama 'dark'.
What does Ghanshyam mean?
About the name Ghanshyam
Ghanshyam combines ghana 'cloud' (also 'dense') and shyama 'dark, blackish'. Shyama is also an epithet of Krishna in Hinduism, and Ghanshyam is commonly used as a name of Krishna.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sanskrit, Hindi |
| Syllables | Ghan-shyam |
| First letter | Indian Names starting with G |
| Devanagari script | घनश्याम |
|---|
Sources
- Wiktionary: घन · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: श्याम · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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