The baby name Indrjit is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced in-dra-jit (IN-drah-jit), IPA: /ɪndrəˈdʒɪt/.
The baby name Indrjit is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced in-dra-jit (IN-drah-jit), IPA: /ɪndrəˈdʒɪt/.
Indrjit is Indian, Sanskrit in Origin.
Indrjit is a streamlined modern spelling of the Sanskrit name Indrajit, from Indra (the Vedic king of gods) + jita/jit “conquered, victorious” (from the root ji “to win”). It denotes “conqueror of Indra” or, more broadly, “supremely victorious.” Common regional variants include Indrajit (standard), Indrajith (South Indian/Sri Lankan), Inderjit/Inderjeet and Indarjeet (Punjabi/Sikh forms, where Inder is a vernacular form of Indra), and the rarer feminine Indrajita/Inderjita.
The name entered wider cultural memory as the epithet of Meghanada in the Ramayana, after he defeats Indra in battle. From medieval chronicles to modern South Asian usage, it has been favored across Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Odia, Nepali, and Sinhala communities, as well as among Sikhs in the northwest. Contemporary usage sometimes adopts the clipped Indrjit to reflect pronunciation or for distinctiveness while maintaining the traditional victorious connotation.
Indrjit is far from common. We have only 73 recorded uses of it on record, from 10 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QA | Girls | 0 | #343 | 1 | 15,378 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #389 | 1 | 7,057 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #560 | 2 | 19,177 |
| BH | 0 | #586 | 2 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #654 | 1 | 13,121 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #735 | 9 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #805 | 2 | 18,755 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #912 | 7 | 17,948 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #989 | 13 | 16,750 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,013 | 2 | 25,931 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,136 | 8 | 22,615 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,181 | 2 | 25,439 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,594 | 21 | 28,008 |
Indrjit is popular in 10 countries — most recent births per country:
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