At a Glance
- Meaning
- The swift-flowing one; name of the sacred Ganges river, personified as a goddess
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- GUHN-gah
Ganga is a Sanskrit girl's name meaning “the swift-flowing one; name of the sacred Ganges river, personified as a goddess”. It appears in 4 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Ganga
Meaning: The swift-flowing one; name of the sacred Ganges river, personified as a goddess.
Origin: Sanskrit.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Ganga
GUHN-gahIPA /ˈɡʌŋɡɑː/
Popularity of Ganga
Ganga 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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