Given name

Jayantha

Jayantha is a masculine given name from Sanskrit.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Jayantha comes from Sanskrit.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Sanskrit जयन्त.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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