Gitanjal as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Gitanjal

What is the meaning of the name Gitanjal ?

The baby name Gitanjal is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /ɡɪˈtɑːndʒəl/ — respelling: gi-TAN-jal (gi as in 'give').

Gitanjal is Indian, Sanskrit in Origin.

Gitanjal is a South Asian given name rooted in Sanskrit, ultimately from Gitanjali/Gitanzali’s classical form Gitāñjali (गीताञ्जलि): gita “song” + anjali “offering, folded-hands homage.” The sense is “song offering,” evoking devotional praise or an offering made through music. Gitanjal represents a streamlined modern spelling that drops the final vowel of Gitanjali; it appears in contemporary Indian naming, sometimes treated as unisex, though the fuller form is more commonly feminine.

Public awareness of the name grew through Rabindranath Tagore’s celebrated poetry collection Gitanjali (Bengali 1910; English 1912), which helped popularize the personal name across India and the Indian diaspora from the mid-20th century onward. Common variants and transliterations include Gitanjali, Geetanjali, Geethanjali, and the scholarly IAST Gitāñjali; related nicknames include Geeta, Geetu, and Anju/Anjali. Regional spellings may reflect Hindi, Marathi, or Bengali phonetics. The meaning remains consistent: a heartfelt offering of songs.

⚙ Gitanjal barely registers. Our whole dataset turns up only 1 recorded use, across 1 country.