Given name & surname
Sajjan
“one who is dearly loved”
Sajjan is a variant of Sajan. One Indian interpretation is “one who is dearly loved.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sajjan is a variant of Sajan. One Indian interpretation is “one who is dearly loved.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sajjan is a variant of Sajan. An origin associated with Sajan is Indian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2021. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sajjan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,541 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,541 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sajjan’s family of names
Sajjan has a related form in Sajan. In English usage, Sajjan as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Punjabi form ਸਜਣ.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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