The baby name Jay Shankar is a Male name , 312 syllables long and is pronounced /dʒeɪ ˈʃʌŋkər/ — JAY-SHUN-kər (also pronounced JAY-SHAHN-kar).
Jay Shankar is Sanskrit in Origin.
The baby name Jay Shankar is a Male name , 312 syllables long and is pronounced /dʒeɪ ˈʃʌŋkər/ — JAY-SHUN-kər (also pronounced JAY-SHAHN-kar).
Jay Shankar is Sanskrit in Origin.
Jay Shankar is a compound Hindu male name drawn from Sanskrit. Jay (also Jai; from jaya) means “victory,” “triumph,” or a laudatory cry of “hail,” while Shankar (Śaṅkara; śam “auspicious, bliss” + kara “maker”) is an epithet of the god Shiva meaning “bestower of bliss.” Together the name reads “Victory to Shankar (Shiva)” or “victorious, by Shiva’s grace,” a theophoric invocation and blessing.
Used across Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Nepali, and other Indo‑Aryan traditions, it appears as a two‑word given name, occasionally hyphenated, or fused as Jaishankar/Jayashankar/Jayshankar; the spaced form is sometimes influenced by the separate English name Jay. Related variants include Jai Shankar, Jaya Shankar, and, regionally, Shankara (learned/Sanskritized). The name figures in devotional calls (e.g., “Jai Shankar”) and in modern public life through bearers of the fused form Jaishankar; it remains popular among Hindu families in India and the diaspora.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JO | Boys | 0 | #389 | 1 | 7,057 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #697 | 1 | 13,071 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #739 | 5 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #804 | 3 | 18,755 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #975 | 27 | 16,750 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,081 | 12 | 22,615 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,683 | 9 | 28,008 |
Jay Shankar is popular in 9 countries — most recent births per country:
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