Entry № 15 · Sanskrit origin

Aanchali Aanchali — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AAN-chah-lee /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Border of sari / edge"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "border of sari / edge".

Aanchali is from the Sanskrit Āñcalī.

Border of sari / edge — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

आञ्चली

Transliteration: Āñcalī
Pronunciation: / ˈɑːn.tʃə.li /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Aanchali stands.

Aanchali does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Namesakes

Aanchalis before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Anchal sari pallu / Kanchipuram Banarasi Paithani Chanderi Sambalpuri

Sanskrit border-of-garment sari-border + Añcala sari-border pallu + Kanchipuram + Banarasi + Paithani + Chanderi + Sambalpuri Indian-sari-traditions + religious-refuge

Hindu textile

Names connected to Aanchali.

Numerology

The number behind Aanchali.

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Aanchali reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.