Entry № 7459 · Sumerian origin

Ningal Ningal — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NIN-gahl /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sumerian
Meaning
"Great lady (Sumerian moon-mother)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sumerian)

A name that means "great lady (sumerian moon-mother)".

Ningal (𒀭𒊩𒌆𒃲) is the Sumerian goddess of reeds — wife of the moon god Nanna and mother of Inanna and Utu (the sun). Her name means "Great Lady." Her cult center was at Ur.

Rare but iconic in Sumerian studies.

Great Lady. The Sumerian mother of Inanna.

The name in its native script.

𒀭𒊩𒌆𒃲
Transliteration
Ningal
Pronunciation
/ ˈnɪn.ɡɑːl /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ningal stands.

Ningal 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.

Ningals before her.

Real people
Ningal
Sumerian goddess.
In fiction
Ningal
Mother of Inanna.
Sumerian mythology

Names connected to Ningal.

The number behind Ningal.

3

The Communicator

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