Entry № 7206 · Sumerian origin

Nanshe Nanshe — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NAN-sheh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sumerian
Meaning
"Goddess of justice and prophecy"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Traditional

A name that means "goddess of justice and prophecy".

Nanshe was a Sumerian goddess of social justice, prophecy, fresh water and fish, a protector of the vulnerable.

Wise and fair, her name is one of the oldest in the world.

Goddess of justice and prophecy — a Sumerian name.

The name in its native script.

Nanshe
Transliteration
Nanshe
Pronunciation
/ ˈnan.ʃe /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nanshe stands.

Nanshe 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.

Nanshes before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Nanshe.

The number behind Nanshe.

7

The Seeker

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