Given name · also Sanskrit
Jayant
“one who is victorious”
Jayant is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “one who is victorious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “one who is victorious.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Sanskrit.
How it developed
The name draws on Sanskrit jayanta, meaning “victorious”.
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
Jayant through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 126
- 126 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 11 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 7 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 933 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.
Jayant’s family of names
Jayant has a feminine form in Jayanti. In English usage, Jayant has a related form in JAYANTA. Jayant has a related form in Jayanti.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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