Entry № 651 · Sanskrit origin

Angada Angada — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AHN-gah-dah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Bracelet / Sugrivas son (Ramayana)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "bracelet / sugrivas son (ramayana)".

Angada is from the Sanskrit Aṅgadā.

Bracelet / Sugrivas son (Ramayana) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

अङ्गदा
Transliteration
Aṅgadā
Pronunciation
/ ˈɑːn.ɡə.də /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Angada stands.

Angada 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.

Angadas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Angada son of Vali-Tara / Angada-Rayabara Ramas messenger to Ravana
Sanskrit bracelet arm-ornament + Aṅgada son of Vali + Tara adopted by uncle Sugriva Vanara King + messenger to Rāvaṇas court + Aṅgada-Rāyabāra diplomatic-mission + Valmiki Ramayana + Tulsidas Ramcharitmanas + Kamban Ramavataram + Ram-Setu Bridge
Ramayana

Names connected to Angada.

The number behind Angada.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Angada reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.