Entry № 7360 · Sanskrit origin

Neeraja Neeraja — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ nee-RAH-jah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Born of water / lotus (Neerja Bhanot)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "born of water / lotus (neerja bhanot)".

Neeraja is from the Sanskrit Nīrajā.

Born of water / lotus (Neerja Bhanot) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

नीरजा
Transliteration
Nīrajā
Pronunciation
/ niːˈrɑː.dʒə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Neeraja stands.

Neeraja 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.

Neerajas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Neerja Bhanot Pan Am 73 / Ashoka Chakra 1987
Sanskrit born-of-water lotus + Bhagavad Gita 5:10 padmapatram ivāmbhasā + Neerja Bhanot 1963-1986 Pan Am Flight 73 Karachi September 5 1986 + Ashoka Chakra 1987 + Tamgha-e-Insaniyat + Medal of Special Courage + Neerja 2016 film Sonam Kapoor
Indian heroism

Names connected to Neeraja.

The number behind Neeraja.

9

The Giver

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