Entry № 3686 · Sanskrit origin

Girija Girija — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ gee-REE-jah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Mountain born (iconic Girija Devi - Hindustani classical Padma Vibhushan)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "mountain born (iconic girija devi - hindustani classical padma vibhushan)".

Girija is from the Sanskrit giri (गिरि — mountain) + ja (ज — born) — "mountain-born" — the iconic epithet of Hindu goddess Parvati (born of the Himalayas). Princess Girija — Hindu heritage naming.

and Hindustani classical music.

Mountain born / Parvati epithet (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

गिरिजा
Transliteration
Girijā
Pronunciation
/ ɡɪˈriː.dʒə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Girija stands.

Girija 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.

Girijas before her.

Real people
Girija Devi
Iconic Hindustani classical + Banaras gharana + Padma Vibhushan 2016.
1929 – 2017
In fiction
Girija (Parvati)
Hindu Parvati epithet.

Names connected to Girija.

The number behind Girija.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Girija reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.