Entry № 11292 · Sanskrit origin

Vihanga Vihanga — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ vee-HAHN-gah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Bird / sky-going (Garuda)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "bird / sky-going (garuda)".

Vihanga is from the Sanskrit विहंग (Vihaṅga — bird, sky-going, flying being) — from Sanskrit vi (sky) + ga (going). Vihanga is one of the Sanskrit feminine + unisex names — central to traditional Hindu Vaishnava heritage. Sanskrit feminine name reflecting Hindu mythological heritage.

Bird / sky-going (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

विहंग
Transliteration
Vihaṅga
Pronunciation
/ viːˈhɑːŋ.ɡə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Vihanga stands.

Vihanga 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.

Vihangas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Vihanga / Garuda
Divine king of birds + mount of Vishnu + Garuda Purana 18 Mahapuranas + national emblem of Indonesia + Thailand + Vihangama Yoga Sant Mat.
Garuda Purana

Names connected to Vihanga.

The number behind Vihanga.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Vihanga reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.