Entry № 4915 · Sanskrit origin

Jhanvi Jhanvi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ JAHN-vee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Ganges (Janhavi)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "ganges (janhavi)".

Jhanvi is from the Sanskrit Jāhnavī.

Ganges (Janhavi) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

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

Where Jhanvi stands.

Jhanvi 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.

Jhanvis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Janhavi / King Bhagiratha
Sanskrit daughter of Sage Jahnu + Ganges River + legend of King Bhagiratha bringing Ganges from heaven + Ramayana + Mahabharata + Janhvi Kapoor Bollywood actress daughter of Sridevi
Hindu mythology

Names connected to Jhanvi.

The number behind Jhanvi.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Jhanvi reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.