Entry № 3621 · Sumerian origin

Geshtinanna Geshtinanna — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ GESH-tee-NAH-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sumerian
Meaning
"Vine of heaven (Sumerian goddess-poetess of dreams)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient (Sumerian)

A name that means "vine of heaven (sumerian goddess-poetess of dreams)".

Geshtinanna combines the Sumerian geshtin (grapevine) and anna (of heaven). The Sumerian goddess of dream interpretation, poetry, and writing — sister of Dumuzi (Tammuz). When her brother was carried off to the Underworld in Inanna's stead, Geshtinanna volunteered to spend half each year there in his place — establishing the cycle of the seasons.

Featured in Inanna's Descent and the Dumuzi cycle.

Vine of heaven. Volunteered to spend half each year in the Underworld for her brother.

The name in its native script.

𒃾𒁷𒀭𒈾
Transliteration
Geštinanna
Pronunciation
/ ɡɛʃ.tɪˈnɑː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Geshtinanna stands.

Geshtinanna 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.

Geshtinannas before her.

Real people
Geshtinanna
Sumerian goddess.
In fiction
Geshtinanna
Inanna's Descent.

Names connected to Geshtinanna.

The number behind Geshtinanna.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Geshtinanna reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.