Dushyanta as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Dushyanta

What is the meaning of the name Dushyanta ?

The baby name Dushyanta is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced doo-SHYAN-tuh (IPA: /duːˈʃəntə/).

Dushyanta is Indian, Sanskrit in Origin.

Dushyanta is a masculine given name from Sanskrit (Duṣyanta, दुश्यन्त), formed from the verbal root duṣ- “to spoil, do wrong” with the active participial suffix -yant-, literally “one who injures/does harm.” Despite that austere etymology, tradition treats it as regal and virtuous; in later popular interpretation it is often glossed as “ender of evil” or “destroyer of the wicked,” a folk etymology that has shaped its modern appeal.

The name belongs to the celebrated king in the Mahābhārata, husband of Śakuntalā and father of Bharata, eponym of India (Bhārata). Its prestige was renewed by Kālidāsa’s Abhijñānaśākuntalam, where Dushyanta appears as a just, love-struck monarch, cementing the name in classical Sanskrit drama and subsequent vernacular retellings. Contemporary Indian usage spans many languages, with spellings Dushyant, Dushyanth, Dushyanthe/Dushyantha, and Dusyanta; Dušyanta appears in academic transliteration. The related feminine Dushyanti is rare.

⚙ Dushyanta is about as rare as a name gets. In all, it appears just 1 time, across 1 country.