The baby name Yash is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /jəʃ/ (approx. "YAHSH").
The baby name Yash is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /jəʃ/ (approx. "YAHSH").
Yash is Hindi, Sanskrit in Origin.
Yash is a modern Indian given name from Sanskrit yaśa/yaśas, meaning “glory,” “renown,” “honor,” or “success.” Through Prakrits into Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, and other languages, the form Yash kept the concise sense of celebrated achievement. It is typically masculine in South Asia but also used unisex in some families.
The root appears throughout Vedic and classical Sanskrit literature, royal inscriptions, and devotional names, often in compounds such as Yashodhara (“bearer of glory”) and Yashoda. As a standalone given name, Yash gained broad popularity in the 20th century and remains common in India and the diaspora, helped by cultural figures like filmmaker Yash Chopra and actor Yash. Variants and related forms include Yaśa (transliterated), Yasha (Indian feminine; note that Russian Yasha is unrelated, a diminutive of Yakov), Yashas, Yashasvi/Yashasvee, Yashwant/Yashavant/Yashwanth, Yashi, and Yashita.
| Yash Yash may refer to several people or subjects with the name Yash. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | Boys | 2021 | #1 | — | 762 |
| FJ | Boys | 0 | #17 | 1 | 603 |
| MV | Girls | 0 | #31 | 5 | 2,021 |
| IN | 0 | #41 | 30 | 2,963 | |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #51 | 775 | 8,477 |
| MO | 0 | #52 | 1 | 2,706 | |
| MV | Boys | 0 | #78 | 2 | 3,375 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #93 | 4,884 | 16,750 |
| QA | 0 | #104 | 3 | 7,011 | |
| GE | Boys | 0 | #110 | 1 | 2,055 |
| MU | 0 | #118 | 19 | 3,613 | |
| OM | 0 | #119 | 3 | 6,215 | |
| CY | Boys | 0 | #130 | 2 | 3,473 |
| BN | Boys | 0 | #137 | 3 | 6,332 |
| BW | Boys | 0 | #154 | 1 | 4,685 |
| CR | 0 | #165 | 1 | 5,526 | |
| PR | Girls | 0 | #166 | 2 | 3,171 |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #174 | 1 | 3,954 |
| MT | Boys | 0 | #178 | 2 | 4,064 |
| AE | 0 | #181 | 7 | 10,220 | |
| Sweden | Boys | 2018 | #185 | 2 | 1,584 |
| SI | Boys | 0 | #211 | 1 | 3,402 |
| BD | 0 | #215 | 13 | 5,992 | |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #232 | 3 | 5,842 |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #249 | 1 | 5,568 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #263 | 1 | 7,056 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #271 | 3 | 6,912 |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #274 | 1 | 3,535 |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #278 | 1 | 7,507 |
| SG | 0 | #278 | 5 | 11,010 | |
| IL | 0 | #282 | 1 | 6,291 | |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #287 | 11 | 7,909 |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #293 | 1 | 6,876 |
| Canada | Boys | 2024 | #294 | 13 | 2,588 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #296 | 1 | 6,578 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #303 | 3 | 6,530 |
| SA | 0 | #311 | 2 | 10,560 | |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #312 | 40 | 8,539 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #323 | 9 | 9,639 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #332 | 1 | 7,401 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #336 | 5 | 6,459 |
| GT | 0 | #338 | 1 | 5,948 | |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #340 | 4 | 15,378 |
| MY | 0 | #352 | 3 | 12,352 | |
| HK | 0 | #356 | 2 | 8,483 | |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #357 | 2 | 7,678 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #360 | 24 | 11,440 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #361 | 1 | 8,138 |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #380 | 2 | 7,951 |
| France | Boys | 2021 | #385 | 3 | 2,865 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #387 | 3 | 7,057 |
| YE | 0 | #391 | 8 | 8,639 | |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #398 | 9 | 8,413 |
| EG | 0 | #411 | 2 | 6,387 | |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #413 | 1 | 5,922 |
| Finland | Boys | 0 | #418 | 10 | 2,041 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #420 | 5 | 15,987 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #422 | 8 | 13,098 |
| MX | 0 | #445 | 1 | 8,339 | |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #458 | 9 | 10,523 |
| ZA | 0 | #468 | 7 | 14,421 | |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #496 | 81 | 10,045 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #497 | 9 | 9,305 |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #498 | 2 | 7,625 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #499 | 133 | 13,121 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #502 | 14 | 19,177 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #503 | 8 | 10,188 |
| BH | 0 | #516 | 38 | 17,937 | |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #516 | 12 | 12,905 |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #518 | 1 | 9,861 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #520 | 7 | 12,621 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #525 | 1 | 11,303 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #539 | 15 | 20,968 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #541 | 12 | 10,162 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #545 | 1 | 8,334 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #558 | 4 | 10,655 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #559 | 2 | 11,671 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #614 | 94 | 18,093 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #622 | 4 | 10,983 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #630 | 3 | 18,916 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #633 | 65 | 17,960 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #649 | 2 | 16,104 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #654 | 14 | 13,071 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #656 | 114 | 18,755 |
| LB | 0 | #689 | 2 | 13,263 | |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #714 | 168 | 17,948 |
| SY | 0 | #767 | 1 | 11,684 | |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #785 | 1 | 12,213 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #789 | 310 | 22,615 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #821 | 72 | 7,044 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #860 | 27 | 15,035 |
| TN | 0 | #861 | 5 | 13,765 | |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #903 | 49 | 5,873 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #904 | 32 | 25,931 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #911 | 20 | 5,610 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #922 | 5 | 14,506 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #940 | 13 | 5,697 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #942 | 10 | 16,906 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #947 | 48 | 24,821 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #949 | 11 | 14,742 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,031 | 3 | 16,355 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,035 | 77 | 25,439 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,100 | 79 | 25,619 |
| MA | 0 | #1,118 | 11 | 20,986 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,125 | 17 | 25,928 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,152 | 1 | 16,140 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,251 | 4 | 19,440 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,264 | 4 | 17,781 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,349 | 266 | 28,008 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,396 | 76 | 10,046 |
Yash is popular in 72 countries — most recent births per country:
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