Entry № 685 · Sanskrit origin

Anjana Anjana — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AHN-jah-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Mother of Hanuman (Ramayana)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "mother of hanuman (ramayana)".

Anjana is one of the Sanskrit feminine names — central to traditional Hindu epic heritage.

Mother of Hanuman (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

अञ्जना
Transliteration
Añjanā
Pronunciation
/ ˈʌn.dʒə.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Anjana stands.

Anjana 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.

Anjanas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Anjana
Mother of Hanuman + Valmiki's Ramayana + Apsara cursed as vanara + wife of Kesari + Hanuman fathered by Vayu + Anjaneri Mountain + Hanuman Chalisa by Tulsidas.
Valmiki's Ramayana

Names connected to Anjana.

The number behind Anjana.

5

The Seeker

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