Entry № 4808 · Sanskrit origin

Janavi Janavi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ JAH-nah-vee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Ganges (Janhavi)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "ganges (janhavi)".

Janavi is from the Sanskrit Jānavī.

Ganges (Janhavi) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

जानवी
Transliteration
Jānavī
Pronunciation
/ ˈdʒɑː.nə.vi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Janavi stands.

Janavi 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.

Janavis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Janhavi / Ganga Aarti Varanasi
Sanskrit daughter of Sage Jahnu + Ganges River + Bhagiratha brought from heaven + Ramayana + Mahabharata + Vishnu Purana + Ganga Aarti ritual at Varanasi + ~600 million depend on Ganges
Hindu mythology

Names connected to Janavi.

The number behind Janavi.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Janavi reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.