Shailendu as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Shailendu

What is the meaning of the name Shailendu ?

The baby name Shailendu is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced shy-LEN-doo (IPA: /ʃaɪˈlɛnduː/).

Shailendu is Indian, Sanskrit in Origin.

Shailendu is a masculine Indian name from Sanskrit shaila “mountain” and indu “moon,” yielding the poetic sense “moon of the mountains,” a symbol of cool radiance and steadfastness often associated with the Himalaya. In living usage it sometimes overlaps with the closely related Shailendra (“lord/king of the mountains”), and speakers may interpret the name with either nuance depending on regional tradition.

The name is found chiefly in eastern Indo-Aryan languages - Bengali, Assamese, and Odia - and spread during the late 19th–20th-century literary and nationalist era that revived Sanskritic compounds as given names. Variants and transliterations include Shailendu, Sailendu, Shailendra, and Sailendra; common short forms are Shailen and Sailen. While the Sailendra royal dynasty of Java attests the -endra form in earlier history, Shailendu itself is a modern personal naming choice shaped by regional phonology and script conventions.

⚙ Shailendu doesn't appear in any of the birth registries or name datasets we track. Names like this are usually very rare, tied to a particular region or tradition, or freshly invented. Whatever the reason, hardly anyone else has it.