Given name
Sanjeev
“one who lives a long lite”
Sanjeev is a variant of Sanjiv. One Indian interpretation is “one who lives a long lite.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sanjeev is a variant of Sanjiv. One Indian interpretation is “one who lives a long lite.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Sanskrit.
How it developed
The name draws on Sanskrit samjiva, meaning “reviving”.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sanjeev through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 459
- 459 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −100%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,629 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.
Sanjeev’s family of names
Sanjeev has a related form in Sanjiv. Sanjeev has a related form in Sanjiv.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Sanjeev
- Sanjeev KumarIndian film actor (1938-1985)
- Sanjeev BhaskarBritish comedianborn 1963
- Sanjeev SharmaIndian cricket playerborn 1965
- Sanjeev KapoorIndian chef and entrepreneurborn 1964
- Sanjeev AbhyankarIndian singerborn 1969
- Sanjeev TyagiIndian actorborn 1971
- Sanjeev AroraTheoretical computer scientistborn 1968
- Sanjeev SinghIndian archerborn 1965
- Sanjeev BalyanIndian politicianborn 1972
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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