Entry № 7493 · Sumerian origin

Ninhursag Ninhursag — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ nin-HOOR-sahg /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sumerian
Meaning
"Sumerian mother of the mountains"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sumerian)

A name that means "sumerian mother of the mountains".

Ninhursag (𒀭𒊩𒌆𒉺𒂅) was the Sumerian mother goddess and "Lady of the Mountains" — among the seven greatest deities of Sumer. Considered the mother of all living beings; her temple in Eridu was one of the oldest in Mesopotamia.

Rare but iconic in Sumerian studies.

Sumerian mother of the mountains — a Sumerian name.

The name in its native script.

𒀭𒊩𒌆𒉺𒂅
Transliteration
Ninḫursaĝ
Pronunciation
/ nɪnˈhʊr.sɑːɡ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ninhursag stands.

Ninhursag 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.

Ninhursags before her.

Real people
Ninhursag
Sumerian goddess.
In fiction
Ninhursag
Sumerian mother goddess.
Sumerian mythology

Names connected to Ninhursag.

The number behind Ninhursag.

3

The Communicator

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