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Girik
गिरिकSay it GI-rik
- Meaning today
- Lord Shiva, of the mountains
- Original meaning
- "a name of Shiva" Monier-Williams, p. 355
- Say it
- GI-rik
- Written
- गिरिक
- Other spellings
- Girika
Girik
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Girik meaning
Girik (गिरिक) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin.
A name of Shiva
Also used to mean: Lord Shiva, of the mountains
Girik (गिरिक) is Sanskrit girika, built on giri, "mountain". Monier-Williams records girika as a name of Śiva in the Mahabharata, and also as one of Śiva's attendants and as a Nāga chief in Buddhist texts. The mountain link fits Śiva, whose home is Kailasa in the Himalaya. Name lists give Girik as Lord Shiva or "belonging to the mountains", which matches. It is a short, modern-sounding name resting on a genuinely old epithet.
In Hindu tradition this is a name of Shiva.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 355 · entry girika · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, girika, p. 355
Fits your syllable
First sound गि
Dhanishta nakshatra, pada 2 · Makar rashi
This exact sound isn't in the table; the closest is गी, which differs only in vowel length. North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Girik · Girika