Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Sanskrit.
How it developed
Jagjit is used as a contracted form of Sanskrit.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jagjit through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 21
- 21 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 849 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jagjit’s family of names
Jagjit is a contracted form of Sanskrit.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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