Entry № 1425 · Sanskrit origin

Bhagirathi Bhagirathi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ bhah-gee-RAH-tee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Ganges / King Bhagiratha"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "ganges / king bhagiratha".

Bhagirathi is from the Sanskrit Bhāgīrathī.

Ganges / King Bhagiratha — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

भागीरथी
Transliteration
Bhāgīrathī
Pronunciation
/ bɑː.ɡiːˈrɑː.ti /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Bhagirathi stands.

Bhagirathi 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.

Bhagirathis before her.

Real people

In fiction
King Bhagiratha / Bhagirathi River Gangotri
Sanskrit epithet of Ganges + King Bhagīratha Ikshvaku dynasty austerities brought Ganges from heaven to purify 60000 ancestors + Ramayana + Mahabharata + Gaumukh glacier + Char Dham Gangotri
Hindu mythology

Names connected to Bhagirathi.

The number behind Bhagirathi.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Bhagirathi reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.