Entry № 684 · Sanskrit origin

Anjalika Anjalika — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ahn-JAH-lee-kah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Cupped-hands / prayer-gesture"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "cupped-hands / prayer-gesture".

Anjalika is from the Sanskrit Añjalikā.

Cupped-hands / prayer-gesture — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

अञ्जलिका

Transliteration: Añjalikā
Pronunciation: / ənˈdʒɑː.li.kə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Anjalika stands.

Anjalika 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

Anjalikas before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Anjali cupped hands Namaste Namaskara Anjali-Mudra / Pushpanjali Salilanjali Akshatanjali / Anjaneya Hanuman son of Anjana / Anjalika-Astra Arjunas arrow killed Karna Mahabharata Karna Parva 92 / Padmanjali

Sanskrit cupped-hands prayer-gesture + añj to anoint + Añjali gesture Hindu-Buddhist-Jain + Añjali-Mudrā Namaste Namaskāra + Puṣpāñjali + Salilāñjali + Akṣatāñjali + Añjali measure-unit + Añjaneya-Añjali-putra Hanuman + Añjalikā-Astra Arjuna killed Karṇa Mahabharata Karna Parva 92 + Padmāñjali

Anjali Namaste

Names connected to Anjalika.

Numerology

The number behind Anjalika.

The Seeker

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