Given name
Vijaya
“one who is victorious; the conquerer”
Vijaya is a feminine form of Vijay. One Hindi interpretation is “one who is victorious; the conquerer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Vijaya is a feminine form of Vijay. One Hindi interpretation is “one who is victorious; the conquerer.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Vijaya is a feminine form of Vijay. An origin associated with Vijay is Sanskrit.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Vijaya is used as a feminine counterpart of Vijay.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vijaya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 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 girls is 5 in 1989. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,511 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.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Vijaya
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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