Anjali
Anjali means Offering with folded hands, devotion.
| Gender | girl |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Language | Hindi |
| Starts with | A |
Traditional associations
In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule.
- Rashi: Mesh
- Nakshatra: Bharani
- More names starting with A
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Offering with folded hands, devotion”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Geetanjali — Offering of songs, musical garland
- Gitanjali — Offering of songs, devotional songs
- Niveditha — Offering, devoted, surrendered
- Pushpa — Flower, blossom, offering
- Geethanjali — Collection of songs, musical offering
- Puspanjali — Offering of flowers, floral tribute
More girls' names of Sanskrit origin
Other names under Mesh rashi
- Aarav — Peaceful sound, wisdom
- Arjun — Bright, shining, silver
- Aryan — Noble, of high birth
- Aarohi — Musical note, ascending
- Aarush — First ray of sun
- Arnav — Ocean, sea
Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Mesh names.
Where this comes from
Anjali has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.