Indian Names · Girl
Girija name meaning
“mountain-born”
- Letters
- 6
- Syllables
- 3●●●
- First letter
- G
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- Category
- Indian Names
- Gender
- ♀ Girl
- Devanagari scriptगिरिजा
Girija is a girl's name from Sanskrit meaning 'mountain-born', also an epithet of the goddess Parvati.
What does Girija mean?
About the name Girija
Girija is a female name from Sanskrit (girijā), combining giri 'mountain' and ja 'born', so it means 'mountain-born'. In Hinduism it is also a name of the goddess Parvati as the daughter of the Himalaya.
| Gender | ♀ Girl |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Syllables | Gi-ri-ja |
| First letter | Indian Names starting with G |
| Devanagari script | गिरिजा |
|---|
Sources
- Wisdom Library: Girija (Apte) · wisdomlib.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: Girija · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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