The baby name Jatendra is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /dʒəˈtendrə/ — respelling: juh-TEN-druh.
Jatendra is Sanskrit in Origin.
The baby name Jatendra is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /dʒəˈtendrə/ — respelling: juh-TEN-druh.
Jatendra is Sanskrit in Origin.
Jatendra is an Indian masculine name with Sanskrit roots. It is most often a regional or phonetic variant of Jitendra (from jita “conquered” + indriya via jitendriya, “senses”), yielding the devotional meaning “one who has conquered the senses,” an epithet applied to Vishnu and Shiva. In eastern and Bengali usage it also overlaps with Jatindra (from jata “matted locks” + indra “lord”), a title of Shiva, glossed as “lord of the matted hair.”
The name appears in North and East India from the late 19th century onward, with Bengali compounds such as Jatindranath, and it remains common among Hindi- and Punjabi-speaking Hindus and Sikhs. Variants include Jitendra, Jitender, Jeetendra, Jatender, Jatindra, and Jatinder; short forms Jeet, Jitu, and Jatin occur. Modern visibility owes something to Bollywood’s Jeetendra and to Sikh diaspora use of Jatinder.
Jatendra is a genuine rarity. In all, it appears just 11 times, across 7 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BH | 0 | #587 | 1 | 17,937 | |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,014 | 1 | 25,931 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,038 | 2 | 16,750 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,142 | 2 | 22,615 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,182 | 1 | 25,439 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,691 | 1 | 28,008 |
Jatendra is popular in 7 countries — most recent births per country:
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