Given name
Gangadhar
“the river Ganges”
Gangadhar is a masculine given name from Sanskrit.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gangadhar goes back to a word meaning “the river Ganges.”
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How it developed
From Sanskrit गङ्गाधर; its root is Sanskrit गम्.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Gangadhar’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gangadhar
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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“born beneath the full moon”
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Dibyendu
“divine moon”
99% boys · 1% girls
सागर
“ocean”
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Ерден
“jewel, gem, gift”
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सोहम
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>99% boys
अंबर
“resembling the jewel; a warm honey color”
>99% boys
Gülajar
“flower” · “appearance”
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