Jahnavi

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: Makar
• Nakshatra: Shravana
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Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “River Ganga, daughter of sage Jahnu”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Janhavi — Daughter of Jahnu, river Ganga
• Jhanvi — River Ganga, flowing and pure
• Gangadhar — Holder of river Ganga, Shiva
• Gangabai — Lady of the Ganga, sacred woman
• Mandakini — River Ganga in heaven, slow moving
• Gangasagarsingh — Ocean of Ganga, sacred warrior

More girls' names of Sanskrit origin

• Raha — Rest, happiness, freedom
• Saanvi — Goddess Lakshmi, one who follows
• Aradhya — Worthy of worship
• Diya — Lamp, divine light
• Vamika — Goddess Parvati, another name for Durga
• Aadya — First, Goddess Durga

Other names under Makar rashi

• Jyoti — Light, flame, radiance
• Jainam — Victorious
• Jyothi — Light, flame, brightness
• Keshav — One with beautiful long hair, name of Vishnu-Krishna
• Jishnu — Victorious, triumphant
• Jyotirmoy — Lustrous, radiant

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Makar names.

Where this comes from

Jahnavi 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.