Nicknames for Anjali
27 ideas for Anjali — the short forms people actually use, plus cute, funny and gamer versions. Copy any of them in one click.
- Anju the -u ending Indian families add
- Anj the tight clip
- Jali the back clip
- Anjali-di didi, said by younger siblings and cousins
- Anju-beta beta, the affectionate word parents use
- Añjali the Sanskrit original
- Anjali-ji the respectful suffix
- Anju-di the affectionate form with didi
- Anj-Anj doubled, family and childhood use
- Anjo the softened affectionate form
- Anjali-ben ben, the Gujarati word for sister
- Anjalika the elaborated Sanskrit form
- Anju-Anju the doubled -u form, family use
- Offering what the Sanskrit añjali means
- Joined Palms the gesture the word names
- Angie the anglicised form used abroad
- A initial only, in group chats
- Anj-Bear the affectionate compound used abroad
- Anjs the friend version used abroad
- Anjali Sharma the standard compound, said whole
- Anjali Mudra the yoga gesture, said with a grin
- Kuch Kuch the film joke every Anjali has fielded
- Anju-beta-ji the full affectionate stack, family use
- Anjali-Bug family pet name used abroad
- Anjuli the alternative transliteration of the name
- Anja Anjali, cut where people naturally stop saying it.
- Atomic Anjali Shares the "A" sound with Anjali.
About the name Anjali.
Anjali is a gesture before it is a name. The anjali mudra is the pressing together of the palms in front of the chest, the posture that accompanies namaste and that appears in temple sculpture across two thousand years of Indian art. The Sanskrit añjali means the cupped hollow made by joining both hands, and by extension an offering made with them. Three syllables, UN-ju-lee, stress at the front. In India the name belonged to the 1970s through the 1990s, and Kajol playing an Anjali in two of the decade's defining films kept it firmly in view. It has faded steadily since without ever becoming ridiculous, which is more than most fashionable names manage.
Graceful and a little formal, with a rhythm that falls away at the end rather than landing. The three syllables give it more presence than the compact names that eventually displaced it. Anju is the affectionate form and is so widely used that some Anjalis are surprised to be called anything else.
Most popular around 2000. Based on US birth records.
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- Meaning
- the cupped hollow of joined palms; an offering
- Syllables
- An·ja·li
- Used as
- a girls’ name
Anjali around the world.
These are the real forms Anjali takes in other languages, which often make excellent nicknames in their own right.
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Añjali
Sanskrit
Famous people called Anjali.
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Anjali Bhagwat
Indian sport shooter and former world number one
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Anjali Sud
American media executive who led Vimeo
Questions about the name Anjali
What does Anjali mean? +
The cupped shape made by joining both palms, and by extension an offering or salutation. The anjali mudra is the gesture used with namaste and in worship. It is one of the few common Indian names that describes a bodily posture.
How do you pronounce Anjali? +
UN-ju-lee, three syllables with stress on the first and all vowels short. English speakers frequently say an-JAH-lee, shifting the stress and lengthening the middle vowel. That version is understood everywhere but is not how the name sounds in Hindi.
What nicknames do Anjalis use? +
Anju dominates and is used lifelong rather than only in childhood. Anj is the English-language clip and turns up in workplaces and usernames. Jali, taking the back half, is much rarer and can sound odd to Hindi speakers.
Is Anjali a religious name? +
It refers to a devotional gesture, so the association exists, but it is used casually across Indian communities without implying anything. The gesture is shared by Hindu, Buddhist and Jain practice, which broadens the name well beyond any single tradition.