Vanamali

Vanamali meaning

Vanamali (वनमाली) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin.

Wearing a garland of forest flowers: an epithet of Vishnu-Krishna

Also used to mean: wearer of a garland of wild flowers, Lord Krishna

Vanamali (वनमाली) is the Sanskrit vanamālin, "one who wears the vanamālā". Monier-Williams gives vanamālā as a garland of forest flowers, especially the chaplet worn by Krishna, and vanamālin as an epithet of Vishnu-Krishna in the Mahābhārata and classical poetry. In images and poems Krishna wears this long garland of wild flowers and leaves reaching to his knees, and Vanamali appears among the thousand names of Vishnu. Name lists give the name as "wearer of a garland of wild flowers" or simply "Lord Krishna", matching the dictionary. Vanamala is used as a girls' name.

In Hindu tradition this is a name of Krishna.

Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 918 · entry vana-mālin · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Monier-Williams, vana-mālin, p. 918 · Monier-Williams, vana-mālā, p. 918 · Wikipedia, Vanamali

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First sound व

Rohini nakshatra, pada 2 · Vrishabh rashi

This exact sound isn't in the table; the closest is वा, which differs only in vowel length. North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.

Spellings

Vanamali · Vanmali

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