Indian Names · Girl
Shailaja name meaning
“born of a mountain”
- Letters
- 8
- Syllables
- 3●●●
- First letter
- S
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- Category
- Indian Names
- Gender
- ♀ Girl
- Devanagari scriptशैलजा
Shailaja is a girl's name from Sanskrit meaning 'born of a mountain'.
What does Shailaja mean?
About the name Shailaja
Shailaja comes from the Sanskrit word śailajā, literally 'born of a mountain'. In Hinduism it is an epithet of the goddess Parvati, daughter of the mountain king Himalaya.
| Gender | ♀ Girl |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Syllables | Shai-la-ja |
| First letter | Indian Names starting with S |
| Devanagari script | शैलजा |
|---|
Sources
- Wiktionary: शैलजा · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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