Entry № 3531 · Sanskrit origin

Gangadhari Gangadhari — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ GAHN-gah-DAH-ree /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Ganga-bearer / Shiva"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "ganga-bearer / shiva".

Gangadhari is from the Sanskrit Gaṅgādhārī.

Ganga-bearer / Shiva — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

गङ्गाधारी
Transliteration
Gaṅgādhārī
Pronunciation
/ ˌɡɑːn.ɡɑːˈdɑː.ri /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Gangadhari stands.

Gangadhari 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.

Gangadharis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Gangadhara Shiva / Bhagiratha tapas Ganga Shiva Jata / Bhagirathi / Ramayana Bala 42-44 Bhagavata 9:9 / Shiva-Gangadhara-Murti / 63 tributaries / Ganga-Sagara-Sangama Sagar Island Bengal Makar-Sankranti-Mela / Adi Shankara Ganga-Ashtakam 8 verses / Vishnu toe / Rigveda 10.75 Nadi-Stuti-Sukta 9 verses
Sanskrit Ganga-bearing-Devi + Gaṅgā + dhārī bearing + Gaṅgādhara Shiva-epithet + Bhagīrathas-tapas Ganga-from-heaven Shiva Jaṭā + Bhāgīrathī + Ramayana Bala Kanda 42-44 + Bhagavata Purana Canto 9 Chapter 9 + Śiva-Gaṅgādhara-Mūrti + 63-Ganga-tributaries + Gaṅgā-Sāgara-Saṅgama Bay-of-Bengal Sagar-Island West Bengal Makar-Saṅkrānti-Mela + Ganga-Ashtakam Adi Shankaracharya 8-verses + Vishnus-toe + Rigveda 10.75 Nadī-Stuti-Sūkta 9-verses
Gangadhari Shiva

Names connected to Gangadhari.

The number behind Gangadhari.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Gangadhari reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.