Entry № 3527 · Sanskrit origin

Gandharvi Gandharvi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ GAHN-dahr-vee /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Celestial musician / Devi"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "celestial musician / devi".

Gandharvi is from the Sanskrit Gāndharvī.

Celestial musician / Devi — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

गान्धर्वी

Transliteration: Gāndharvī
Pronunciation: / ˈɡɑːn.dɑːr.vi /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Gandharvi stands.

Gandharvi 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.

Namesakes

Gandharvis before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Gandharva celestial musicians Indra Svarga / Gandharva-Vivaha love marriage 8th Manusmriti 3.20-42 Brahma Daiva Arsha Prajapatya Asura Rakshasa Paishacha / Gandharva-Veda Upa-Veda Sama / Bharata Natya-Shastra 200 BCE-200 CE 36 chapters 6000 verses / Sharngadeva Sangita-Ratnakara 1210-1247 Yadava 7 chapters 5000 verses / Bharata Narada Tumburu Vishvavasu Chitraratha

Sanskrit celestial-musician Gandharva-Devi + gan to sound + Gandharvas Indras-court Svarga-Loka + Gandharva-Vivāha 8th Manusmṛti 3.20-42 Brāhma + Daiva + Ārṣa + Prājāpatya + Āsura + Rākṣasa + Paiśāca + Gāndharva-Veda Upa-Veda Sāma-Veda + Nāṭya-Śāstra Bharata Muni ~200 BCE-200 CE 36-chapters 6000-verses + Saṅgīta-Ratnākara Śārṅgadeva ~1210-1247 Yadava 7-chapters 5000-verses + Bharata + Nārada + Tumburu + Viśvāvasu + Citraratha

Gandharvi

Names connected to Gandharvi.

Numerology

The number behind Gandharvi.

The Communicator

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