Entry № 2442 · Sanskrit origin

Devangana Devangana — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ deh-VAHN-gah-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Divine dancer (Apsara)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "divine dancer (apsara)".

Devangana is from the Sanskrit Devāṅganā.

Divine dancer (Apsara) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

देवाङ्गना
Transliteration
Devāṅganā
Pronunciation
/ dɛˈvɑːn.ɡə.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Devangana stands.

Devangana 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.

Devanganas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Apsara Menaka Rambha Urvashi / Khajuraho Konark
Sanskrit divine limb celestial-dancer + Apsara Menaka + Rambha + Urvashi + Tilottama + Rigveda + Mahabharata + Ramayana + Bharatas Natyashastra + Khajuraho + Konark temple-sculptures
Hindu mythology

Names connected to Devangana.

The number behind Devangana.

6

The Nurturer

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