Entry № 3886 · Sanskrit origin

Gunja Gunja — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ GOON-jah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Red bead / Krishnas necklace"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "red bead / krishnas necklace".

Gunja is from the Sanskrit Guñjā.

Red bead / Krishnas necklace — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

गुञ्जा
Transliteration
Guñjā
Pronunciation
/ ˈɡuːn.dʒə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Gunja stands.

Gunja 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.

Gunjas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Gunja Abrus precatorius Rosary pea / Krishna necklace Vrindavan / Gunja-Hara / Radha Gunja-mala / Bhagavata 10 Krishna cowherd / Ayurveda Ratti 8 Ratti 1 Masha / Bhava-Prakasha Nighantu Raja-Nighantu 15th c. / Gunja-Sundari / Jayadeva Gita-Govinda 12th c. / Surdas Sur-Sagara / Radha-Krishna
Sanskrit red-and-black-bead Abrus precatorius Rosary-pea + Guñjā Krishnas-necklace Vrindavan + Guñjā-Hāra Krishna + Guñjā-mala Radha + Bhagavata Purana Canto 10 Krishnas-cowherd + Guñjā-fruit Ayurveda Ratti 8-Ratti = 1-Maṣā + Bhāva-Prakāśa Nighaṇṭu + Rāja-Nighaṇṭu 15th c. + Guñjā-Sundari + Guñjā Gīta-Govinda Jayadeva 12th c. + Sur-Sāgara Sūrdās + Radha-Krishna-Guñjā-mala
Gunja Krishna

Names connected to Gunja.

The number behind Gunja.

8

The Visionary

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