Chandraghanta: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Chandraghanta – Meaning: bearing a bell-shaped crescent moon – Origin: Sanskrit – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: chuhn-druh-GUN-tah


Chandraghanta is a Sanskrit girl's name meaning “bearing a bell-shaped crescent moon”. It appears in our list of 225+ Hindu Baby Girl Names — Melodious, Sacred, and Full of Meaning.

Meaning & Origin of Chandraghanta

Meaning: Bearing a bell-shaped crescent moon.

Origin: Sanskrit.

How to Pronounce Chandraghanta

Phonetic: chuhn-druh-GUN-tah   IPA: /tʃʌndrəˈɡʱʌɳʈɑː/

Popularity of Chandraghanta

Chandraghanta doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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