The baby name Ranajit is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced ruh-NAH-jeet (IPA: /rəˈnə.dʒiːt/).
The baby name Ranajit is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced ruh-NAH-jeet (IPA: /rəˈnə.dʒiːt/).
Ranajit is Indian, Sanskrit in Origin.
Ranajit is a masculine Indian name from Sanskrit rana "battle, combat" + jita "conquered, victorious" (root ji- "to win"), conveying "victorious in battle" or "battle-winner." Common pronunciations include RAH-nuh-jeet and ruh-NAH-jeet. The compound has long circulated in eastern Indo-Aryan speech communities and in Hindi, valued for its auspicious, valorous sense.
Documented across medieval to modern usage, Ranajit appears in Bengali, Odia, Assamese, and Nepali contexts, and is closely related to the shorter Ranjit. Variant spellings include Ranajeet, Rana Jeet, Ronojit/Ronojeet (Bengali-influenced), Ronjit, and the South Indian form Ranjith; a feminine parallel is Ranjita. The royal title "Rana" in North India likely reinforced the name's heroic tone. Notable bearer: historian Ranajit Guha (1923-2023), a founder of Subaltern Studies, which lent the name contemporary intellectual visibility.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MV | Boys | 0 | #79 | 1 | 3,375 |
| QA | 0 | #106 | 1 | 7,011 | |
| AE | 0 | #186 | 2 | 10,220 | |
| BD | 0 | #236 | 6 | 5,992 | |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #302 | 2 | 7,909 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #405 | 2 | 8,413 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #424 | 1 | 15,987 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #514 | 63 | 10,045 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #560 | 2 | 19,177 |
| BH | 0 | #579 | 9 | 17,937 | |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #649 | 6 | 13,121 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #684 | 14 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #689 | 19 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #745 | 25 | 18,755 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #835 | 167 | 16,750 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #855 | 27 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #925 | 1 | 15,035 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,062 | 31 | 22,615 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,179 | 4 | 25,439 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,581 | 34 | 28,008 |
Ranajit is popular in 13 countries — most recent births per country:
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