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I do not know about Nepalese names, but the meaning you stated could have come from Sanskrit. Probably originally related to sR/sal cognate, for example with Latin salire and meaning to move, the root sRj has a tortuous history: in its oldest usages it means to make something move fast, to cast an arrow, to push and open a door, to let loose, to speak, etc., but in its mediopassive form, it meant to throw something out of oneself, create something especially out of oneself, to procreate etc. In NIA languages, only the meaning to create has survived, and sRjanA does mean creation, though sarjana(A in feminine) might be the grammatically favoured form. Of course, with such a history, various other meanings related to the original leaving, expelling, or letting go are also around, especially for closely related words like sarj(j)ana, visarj(j)ana etc.