Entry № 376 · Sanskrit origin

Alaknanda Alaknanda — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-lahk-NAHN-dah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Ganges tributary (Devprayag)"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "ganges tributary (devprayag)".

Alaknanda is from the Sanskrit Alakanandā.

Ganges tributary (Devprayag) — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

अलकनन्दा

Transliteration: Alakanandā
Pronunciation: / ə.lɑːkˈnɑːn.də /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Alaknanda stands.

Alaknanda 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

Alaknandas before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Devprayag confluence / Panch Prayag

Sanskrit sacred river of Uttarakhand + tributary of Ganges + Devprayag confluence with Bhagirathi forms Ganges + Panch Prayag five confluences + Char Dham Yatra Badrinath + Kedarnath

Hindu pilgrimage

Names connected to Alaknanda.

Numerology

The number behind Alaknanda.

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Alaknanda reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.