Given name
Ujwal
“one who is bright”
Ujwal is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “one who is bright.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “one who is bright.”
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 2016. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ujwal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 5 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 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 239 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.
Ujwal’s family of names
Ujwal has a related form in Ujjal. Ujwal has a related form in Ujal. Ujwal has a related form in Ujual.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Ujwal
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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