Entry № 3641 · Sanskrit origin

Ghanshyama Ghanshyama — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ GAHN-shyah-mah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Dark cloud / Krishna"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "dark cloud / krishna".

Ghanshyama is from the Sanskrit Ghanaśyāmā.

Dark cloud / Krishna — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

घनश्यामा
Transliteration
Ghanaśyāmā
Pronunciation
/ ˈɡɑːn.ʃjɑː.mə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ghanshyama stands.

Ghanshyama 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.

Ghanshyamas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Ghanashyama Krishna dark blue cloud / Shyama-Sundara Nilameghashyama Nava-Ghana-Shyama / Bhagavata 10 / Ghanashyama Pandita 17th c. Maratha / Ghanashyama-Chandra Krishna / 108 names / Vishnu Sahasranama 591 Shyama / Kalidasa Meghaduta 1.1 kashchit kanta-viraha-guruna 111 verses / Surdas Sur-Sagara 100000 verses
Sanskrit dark-cloud-hued Krishna-epithet + ghana dense + śyāma dark-blue + Ghanaśyāma Krishna-epithet + Śyāma-Sundara + Nīlameghaśyāma + Nava-Ghana-Śyāma + Krishnas-complexion Bhāgavata Purana Canto 10 + Ghanaśyāma-Paṇḍita 17th c. Maratha-court + Ghanaśyāma-Kavi + Ghanaśyāma-Chandra + Krishna-Ashtottara 108-names + Vishnu-Sahasranama name-591 Śyāma + Kalidasas Meghaduta 1.1 kaścit kāntā-viraha-guruṇā svādhikārāt pramattaḥ 111-verses + Sur-Sāgara Sūrdās Krishna-Ghanaśyāma 100000-verses
Ghanshyama

Names connected to Ghanshyama.

The number behind Ghanshyama.

7

The Seeker

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