The baby name Ashokan is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced ah-SHOH-kahn (IPA: /əˈʃoʊkən/).
The baby name Ashokan is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced ah-SHOH-kahn (IPA: /əˈʃoʊkən/).
Ashokan is Indian, Sanskrit in Origin.
Ashokan is a South Indian form of the Sanskrit name Aśoka, built from a- “not, without” + śoka “sorrow,” yielding the meaning “sorrowless” or “one who dispels grief.” The root appears in Pali and Prakrit as Asoka, and also names the sacred ashoka tree (Saraca asoca), long emblematic of joy and love in classical poetry.
Its cultural resonance stems especially from Emperor Ashoka (3rd century BCE), whose postwar embrace of dhamma made the name emblematic of compassion; this legacy keeps it popular across Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain communities. Variants include Ashok (modern Indo‑Aryan languages), Ashoka (Sanskrit/Sinhalese), and Asokan or Aśokan (Tamil/Malayalam), with the -an ending marking a southern masculine form. In contemporary use, Ashokan functions both as a given name and, via patronymic conventions, as a surname in India and the diaspora.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MV | Boys | 0 | #79 | 1 | 3,375 |
| QA | 0 | #106 | 1 | 7,011 | |
| OM | 0 | #120 | 2 | 6,215 | |
| AE | 0 | #181 | 7 | 10,220 | |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #249 | 1 | 5,568 |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #274 | 1 | 3,535 |
| SG | 0 | #282 | 1 | 11,010 | |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #340 | 4 | 15,378 |
| MY | 0 | #353 | 2 | 12,352 | |
| BH | 0 | #365 | 190 | 17,937 | |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #388 | 2 | 7,057 |
| YE | 0 | #394 | 5 | 8,639 | |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #417 | 8 | 15,987 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #465 | 2 | 10,523 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #534 | 378 | 17,948 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #557 | 1 | 12,905 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #558 | 4 | 19,177 |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #575 | 1 | 12,054 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #588 | 120 | 18,093 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #590 | 8 | 20,968 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #631 | 2 | 18,916 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #650 | 120 | 18,755 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #653 | 2 | 13,121 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #667 | 31 | 17,960 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #715 | 398 | 22,615 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #979 | 23 | 16,750 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,010 | 5 | 25,931 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,071 | 2 | 24,821 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,101 | 11 | 25,439 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,229 | 392 | 28,008 |
Ashokan is popular in 18 countries — most recent births per country:
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