Vanamala

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Forest garland, wreath of wildflowers”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Anvi — Goddess of forest and nature
• Vanya — God is gracious, forest
• Saravanan — Born in the reed forest, Murugan
• Banamali — One who wears a garland of forest flowers, Krishna
• Kunj — Bower, forest grove; associated with Vrindavan
• Kunjabihari — Lover of the forest, Lord Krishna

More girls' names of Kannada origin

• Mythri — Friendship, benevolence
• Kaveri — The sacred Kaveri river of Karnataka
• Soundarya — Beauty, charm, elegance
• Yashaswini — Famous, glorious, successful woman
• Mamatha — Love, affection, maternal feeling
• Malavika — A woman from Malwa, classical heroine

Where this comes from

Vanamala 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.