Entry № 660 · Indonesian origin

Anggrek Anggrek — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AHN-grek /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Indonesian
Meaning
"Orchid"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Indonesian)

A name that means "orchid".

Anggrek is the Indonesian word for "orchid" — the flower that grows wild across the Indonesian archipelago in over 5,000 species. Indonesia's national flower is the orchid Anggrek Bulan (moon orchid).

Anggrek is rising in Indonesia.

Orchid. The Indonesian national flower.

The name in its native script.

Anggrek
Transliteration
Anggrek
Pronunciation
/ ˈɑːŋ.ɡrɛk /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Anggrek stands.

Anggrek 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.

Anggreks before her.

Real people

In fiction
Anggrek
Common in Indonesian fiction.

Names connected to Anggrek.

The number behind Anggrek.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Anggrek reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.