Sanskrit · Girl name
Gitanjali
“song offering”
About the name Gitanjali
Gitanjali is a girls’ name of Sanskrit origin. It is derived from Sanskrit ‘gita’ and ‘anjali’, meaning song offering, an anjali being the gesture of cupped hands used to make an offering. Gitanjali is a famous work by Rabindranath Tagore, a collection of Bengali poems whose English version, Song Offerings, contributed to Tagore receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature. The name is also spelled Geetanjali and is used throughout India.
- Meaning
- song offering
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- gee-TAHN-jah-lee(4 syl.)
Middle names for Gitanjali
- Gitanjali Anjali
- Gitanjali Priya
- Gitanjali Meera
- Gitanjali Sita
- Gitanjali Nisha
Questions about Gitanjali
- What does Gitanjali mean?
- Gitanjali is a Sanskrit name meaning "song offering".
- How do you pronounce Gitanjali?
- Gitanjali is pronounced gee-TAHN-jah-lee, with emphasis on the second syllable.
- What are variants of Gitanjali?
- Variants of Gitanjali include Geetanjali.
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