Entry № 3528 · Sanskrit origin

Gandhavati Gandhavati — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ GAHN-dah-VAH-tee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Fragrant / Yamuna-daughter"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "fragrant / yamuna-daughter".

Gandhavati is from the Sanskrit Gandhavatī.

Fragrant / Yamuna-daughter — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

गन्धवती
Transliteration
Gandhavatī
Pronunciation
/ ˌɡɑːn.dɑːˈvɑː.ti /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Gandhavati stands.

Gandhavati 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.

Gandhavatis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Gandhavati Satyavati fisherwoman Vyasa Krishna Dvaipayana Vedavyasa Mahabharata / Vasu-Uparichara Adrika Apsara / Vyasa Parashara Yamuna / Shantanu Chitrangada Vichitravirya Kuru-Vamsa / Pandu Dhritarashtra Vidura Niyoga / Gandha-Sukta Atharvaveda 12.1 / Sanskrit fragrance / Magha Shishupala
Sanskrit fragrant-possessing possessing-fragrance + gandha fragrance + vatī possessing + Gandhavatī Satyavatī Vyāsa Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyana-Vedavyāsa Mahabharata + Vasu-Uparichara Adrikā Apsara + Vyāsa Sage-Parāśara Yamuna-Island + King-Śāntanu Citrāṅgada + Vicitravīrya Kuru-Vaṃśa + Pāṇḍu + Dhṛtarāṣṭra + Vidura Niyoga-Vyāsa + Gandha-Sūkta Atharvaveda 12.1 + Sanskrit-tradition + Māgha Śiśupāla-Vadha
Gandhavati Satyavati

Names connected to Gandhavati.

The number behind Gandhavati.

6

The Nurturer

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