Entry № 4780 · Sanskrit origin

Jahnavi Jahnavi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ jah-NAH-vee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Daughter of Sage Jahnu / Ganga River"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "daughter of sage jahnu / ganga river".

Jahnavi is from the Sanskrit जाह्नवी (Jāhnavī — daughter of Jahnu, Ganga River). Jahnavi is one of the Sanskrit feminine names — central to traditional Hindu mythological heritage. Sanskrit feminine name reflecting Hindu sacred-river heritage.

Daughter of Sage Jahnu / Ganga River (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

जाह्नवी
Transliteration
Jāhnavī
Pronunciation
/ dʒəhˈnɑː.vi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Jahnavi stands.

Jahnavi 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.

Jahnavis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Jahnavi / Ganga
Daughter of Sage Jahnu + Ganga River goddess + sacred Hindu river.
Hindu mythology

Names connected to Jahnavi.

The number behind Jahnavi.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Jahnavi reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.