Entry № 2013 · Sanskrit origin

Chitranjali Chitranjali — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ CHEE-trahn-JAH-lee /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Picture-offering"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "picture-offering".

Chitranjali is from the Sanskrit Citrāñjali. BCE-6th c. CE Tamil Nadu Jain central Bāgh-Cave-paintings 5th c.

Picture-offering — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

चित्राञ्जलि

Transliteration: Citrāñjali
Pronunciation: / ˌtʃiː.trɑːnˈdʒɑː.li /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Chitranjali stands.

Chitranjali 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

Chitranjalis before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Chitra painting / Ajanta 2nd BCE-6th c. Maharashtra 30 caves Buddhist Jataka / Ellora 6-10 c. 34 caves Buddhist Hindu Jain / Sittanavasal 7th c. Tamil Nadu Jain / Bagh 5th c. Madhya Pradesh Buddhist / Tanjore Chola Mysore Pattachitra Odisha Madhubani Bihar Warli Maharashtra

Sanskrit picture-offering artist-tribute + citra picture + añjali offering + Citra Sanskrit-painting + Ajaṇṭā 2nd c. BCE-6th c. Maharashtra 30-caves Buddhist Jātaka + Ellora 6th-10th c. 34-caves Buddhist-Hindu-Jain + Sittanavasal 7th c. Tamil Nadu Jain + Bāgh 5th c. Madhya Pradesh Buddhist + Kāṭha-māra + Tanjore Chola + Mysore + Pattachitra Odisha + Madhubani Bihar + Warli Maharashtra

Chitranjali

Names connected to Chitranjali.

Numerology

The number behind Chitranjali.

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Chitranjali reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.