Girija

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. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.

• Rashi: Mithun
• Nakshatra: Mrigashira
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Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Daughter of the mountain, Goddess Parvati; Goddess Parvati, born of mountain; Daughter of the mountain, Parvati”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Agastya — Name of a sage, mountain thrower
• Parvathy — Meanings families give: Goddess Parvati; Daughter of the mountain, Shiva consort; Goddess Parvati, daughter of Himavan
• Parvati — Meanings families give: Daughter of the mountain, Shiva consort; Daughter of mountain, goddess Shakti
• Mainak — Meanings families give: A mountain; Mountain; son of Himavan and Menaka
• Niladri — the mountain
• Girish — Meanings families give: Lord of mountains, Shiva who dwells on Kailash; Lord of mountains, Shiva; Lord of the mountains, Shiva; Lord of mountains, Lord Shiva; Lord of the mountain, Shiva

More girls' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Malayalam / Sanskrit-Telugu origin

• Dhanya — fortunate, happy, auspicious
• Vijaya — Meanings families give: Victory, triumphant, successful; Victory, success, triumphant; Victory, triumph, success
• Jyotsna — Meanings families give: Moonlight, the goddess of moonlight; Moonlight, bright night; Moonlight, glowing, luminous
• Suparna — a beautiful leaf
• Indu — Ved. a drop (especially of Soma)
• Durga — Meanings families give: Invincible goddess, beyond reach; Goddess of strength, invincible; Goddess who is difficult to approach, invincible

Other names under Mithun rashi

• Diya — Meanings families give: Lamp, light; Lamp, divine light
• Krish — Meanings families give: Lord Krishna; Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive
• Yash — Meanings families give: Glory, fame; Fame, glory, success, celebrity; Fame, glory, success; Success, glory, fame
• Kavya — a poem, poetical composition with a coherent plot by a single author (opposed to an Itihāsa)
• Dev — God, divine being
• Jiya — Meanings families give: Sweetheart, piece of heart; Heart, sweetheart

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

Where this comes from

Girija 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.