Entry № 3787 · Sanskrit origin

Graha Graha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ GRAH-hah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Planet / celestial"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "planet / celestial".

Graha is from the Sanskrit Grahā.

Planet / celestial — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

ग्रहा

Transliteration: Grahā
Pronunciation: / ˈɡrɑː.hə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Graha stands.

Graha 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.

Namesakes

Grahas before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Graha planet Jyotisha / Nava-Graha 9 Surya Sun Chandra Moon Mangala Mars Budha Mercury Brihaspati Jupiter Shukra Venus Shani Saturn Rahu Ketu / Chaya-Graha shadow planets Vasudeva-Simhika Danava Samudra Manthan Amrita / 9 Graha Shrines Adi-Kumbheshvarar Kailasanathar Naganathar Vellai-Vinayakar Naga-Nathar Suryan Chandran Ketu Shani / Surya-Siddhanta 5th c. 500 verses / Varahamihira Brihat-Samhita 505-587

Sanskrit celestial-body planet + grah to grasp + Graha Vedic-Jyotiṣa + Nava-Graha Sūrya-Sun + Chandra-Moon + Maṅgala-Mars + Budha-Mercury + Bṛhaspati-Jupiter + Śukra-Venus + Śani-Saturn + Rāhu-North-Node + Ketu-South-Node Jyotiṣa Vedāṅga + Rāhu + Ketu Chāyā-Graha Vasudeva-Simhika Danava Samudra-Manthan + Nine-Graha-Shrines Adi-Kumbheśvarar + Kailāsanāthar + Nāganāthar + Vellai-Vinayakar + Nāga-Nāthar + Sūryan + Chandran + Ketu + Śani + Sūrya-Siddhānta ~5th c. 500-verses + Bṛhat-Saṃhitā Varāhamihira 505-587

Graha Nava-Graha

Names connected to Graha.

Numerology

The number behind Graha.

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Graha reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.