MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Jahnavi mean?
Jahnavi is the name of the river Ganga as the daughter of the sage Jahnu. The name preserves the story in which the river emerges from the sage and acquires this filial title.
Pronunciation
IAST: jāhnavī
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
जाह्नवी
Letter-by-letter: jāhnavī
Conventional spelling
Telugu
జాహ్నవి
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Jahnavi in Indian usage
1,098 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 779 |
| Other decades | 319 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Other states | 1,098 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Jahnavi / F | 3 | 5,927 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Jahnavi; Table_6, C6655 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Jahnavi; Table_6, C6655
- Monier-Williams, jāhnavī, p. 420,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.