Anjal as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Anjal

What is the meaning of the name Anjal ?

The baby name Anjal is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced ahn-jahl (approx. IPA: /ˈɑːn.dʒəl/).

Anjal is Indian, Sanskrit in Origin.

Anjal is a South Asian given name rooted in Sanskrit añjali, the word for the gesture of cupped, joined hands used in greeting and worship, and by extension an ‘offering,’ ‘homage,’ or ‘benediction’. As a personal name it conveys reverence, devotion, and the idea of a heartfelt gift. In many languages of the Indian subcontinent, the final i of Anjali is sometimes dropped in colloquial or masculine forms, yielding Anjal; the name is used for all genders, sometimes treated as a masculine form and sometimes as a short form of Anjali.

It appears in classical Sanskrit texts and liturgy, and that devotional sense has kept the name in steady use among Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist communities. Variants and related forms include Anjali, Anjalee, Anjuli, Anjalika, and the diminutive Anju; diacritic spellings like Añjali reflect the original Sanskrit.