Dushyant as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Dushyant

What is the meaning of the name Dushyant ?

The baby name Dushyant is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈdʊʃjənt/ (DOO-shyuhnt).

Dushyant is Sanskrit in Origin.

Dushyant is a masculine given name of Sanskrit origin (Devanagari: दुष्यन्त), borne by the legendary king Dushyanta of the Mahabharata and celebrated in Kalidasa’s play Abhijnanasakuntalam as the lover of Shakuntala and father of Bharata, eponym of India (Bharat). In modern India it appears across Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, and Nepali, with steady 20th-century use, bolstered by poet Dushyant Kumar and various public figures.

Semantically, the name is popularly interpreted as "destroyer/vanquisher of evil" or "one whom evil cannot corrupt." It relates to the Sanskrit root dush "to spoil, be evil," with the participial stem dushyant lending a martial, justice-oriented reading in onomastic tradition. Common variants include Dushyanta (closer to the classical form), Dushyanth/Dushyantha (South Indian/Sinhalese transliterations), and Dushant/Dusshant as shortened spellings; a rare feminine form Dushyanti exists. Nicknames may include Dush or Shant. The name carries connotations of courage, rectitude, and romantic devotion.