Entry № 2301 · Sanskrit origin

Geetanjali Geetanjali — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ghee-tahn-JAH-lee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Song offerings (Sanskrit + Tagore Nobel Prize 1913)"
Syllables
4
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Modern (Sanskrit)

A name that means "song offerings (sanskrit + tagore nobel prize 1913)".

Geetanjali is from the Sanskrit गीतांजलि (Gītāñjaligīta song + añjali offering of folded palms — song offerings, offering of songs). A modern American baby name in the broader Sanskrit-Bengali heritage aesthetic. Geetanjali is one of the foundational Sanskrit feminine names — central to traditional Bengali + Hindu heritage. The foundational name connects to foundational Gitanjali — foundational 1910 Bengali poetry collection by foundational Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941 foundational Indian polymath + poet + composer + foundational first non-European Nobel laureate) + foundational English translation 1912 with foundational introduction by foundational W. B. Yeats + foundational won foundational Nobel Prize in Literature 1913 (foundational first Asian Nobel laureate + foundational first non-European Nobel laureate in literature) + foundational central to foundational pan-Indian + global Indian literary heritage + foundational Tagore composed foundational Jana Gana Mana (Indian national anthem) + foundational Amar Shonar Bangla (Bangladeshi national anthem) + foundational Sri Lanka Matha (Sri Lankan national anthem) — foundational only writer to compose foundational national anthems of three countries. Foundational Sanskrit feminine name reflecting Bengali + Indian literary heritage.

Featured throughout Sanskrit heritage.

Song offerings (Sanskrit). Foundational Sanskrit-Bengali feminine + foundational gīta song + añjali offering of folded palms + foundational Gitanjali foundational 1910 Bengali poetry collection by Rabindranath Tagore 1861-1941 + foundational Indian polymath + poet + composer + foundational first non-European Nobel laureate + foundational English translation 1912 with introduction by W. B. Yeats + foundational won Nobel Prize in Literature 1913 + foundational first Asian Nobel laureate + foundational first non-European Nobel laureate in literature + foundational pan-Indian + global Indian literary heritage + foundational Tagore composed Jana Gana Mana Indian national anthem + foundational Amar Shonar Bangla Bangladeshi national anthem + foundational Sri Lanka Matha Sri Lankan national anthem + foundational only writer to compose national anthems of three countries.

The name in its native script.

गीतांजलि
Transliteration
Gītāñjali
Pronunciation
/ ɡiː.tɑːnˈdʒɑː.li /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Geetanjali stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Geetanjali · last year
88 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Geetanjalis before her.

Real people
Rabindranath Tagore
Composed Gitanjali 1910 + Nobel Prize in Literature 1913 + first Asian Nobel laureate + composed national anthems of India + Bangladesh + Sri Lanka.
1861 – 1941
In fiction
Geetanjali
Sanskrit song offerings + Tagore's Nobel collection.
Gitanjali

Names connected to Geetanjali.

The number behind Geetanjali.

4

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Geetanjali reduces to four.

Why families chose this name.

"Sanskrit song offerings. Ten letters. Geetanjali."
Jyotsna · Mother of one · Kolkata