Indian Names · Girl
Jahnavi name meaning
“an epithet of the river Ganga, daughter of the sage Jahnu”
- Letters
- 7
- Syllables
- 3●●●
- First letter
- J
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- Category
- Indian Names
- Gender
- ♀ Girl
- Devanagari scriptजाह्नवी
Jahnavi is a female name from Sanskrit, an epithet of the river Ganga.
What does Jahnavi mean?
An epithet of the river Ganga, daughter of the sage Jahnu
In Malay: nama bagi sungai Ganga; anak perempuan resi Jahnu
About the name Jahnavi
Jahnavi is a female name from Sanskrit jāhnavī, an epithet of the river Ganga in Hinduism, regarded as the daughter of the sage Jahnu. It is also spelt Jahnvi.
| Gender | ♀ Girl |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Syllables | Jah-na-vi |
| First letter | Indian Names starting with J |
| Devanagari script | जाह्नवी |
|---|
Sources
- Wiktionary: जाह्नवी · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Names with a related meaning
- Saraswathy♀Possessing water
- Saroja♀Lotus
- Barkha♀Rain, monsoon
- Bhagirathi♀An epithet of the river Ganga
- Bipasha♀Name of the Beas river
- Dhara♀Stream, current, flow
- Ganga♀The river Ganges
- Hemavati♀Epithet of the goddess Parvati
- Hemvati♀Epithet of the goddess Parvati
- India♀River (from Sindhu)
- Jahnvi♀An epithet of the river Ganga, daughter of the sage Jahnu
- Jalaja♀Lotus
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