Given name & surname · also Hindi
Ganga
Ganga is a feminine given name from Hindi, ultimately from Sanskrit.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Ganga comes from Hindi, and ultimately from Sanskrit.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
A transliteration of Hindi गंगा, a transliteration of Sanskrit गङ्गा; its root is Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ganga’s family of names
In Greek usage, Ganga as a surname is a transliteration of Γάγγα.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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