Given name
Sanjiv
“one who lives a long lite”
Sanjiv is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “one who lives a long lite.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “one who lives a long lite.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sanjiv through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 124
- 124 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 10 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 6 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 941 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.
Sanjiv’s family of names
Sanjiv has a related form in Sanjeev. Sanjiv has a related form in Sanjeev. Sanjiv has a related form in Sanjeav.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Sanjiv
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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