Given name & surname · also Javanese
Wijaya
“victory, triumph; victorious”
Wijaya is a masculine given name from Javanese, ultimately from Sanskrit. It is used in Indonesian.
Original Sanskritविजय
Meaning & origin
What it means
Wijaya goes back to Old Javanese wijaya, meaning “victory, triumph; victorious.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Wijaya comes from Javanese, and ultimately from Sanskrit.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Indonesian usage, Wijaya developed from विजय.
Wijaya’s family of names
In Indonesian usage, Wijaya shares an earlier linguistic root with WIJOYO. In Indonesian usage, Wijaya has a related form in Oeidjaja. In Indonesian usage, Wijaya has a related form in WIDJAJA.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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