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Jaya

/JUH-yah/ FeminineSanskrit

Meaning

Jaya is a feminine name of Sanskrit origin meaning “victory”.

Jaya is the Sanskrit word for victory, shouted in the cheer Jai Ho and woven through Hindu tradition as a name of the goddess Durga; the Mahabharata itself was originally titled simply Jaya. Veteran actress Jaya Bachchan is its most familiar modern bearer.

Widely used in India; occasional but growing in the US.

At a glance

Origin
Sanskrit
Gender
Feminine
Pronounced
/JUH-yah/
Themes
Victory

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Questions

  • Jaya is a feminine name of Sanskrit origin meaning “victory”. Jaya is the Sanskrit word for victory, shouted in the cheer Jai Ho and woven through Hindu tradition as a name of the goddess Durga; the Mahabharata itself was originally titled simply Jaya.

  • Jaya is traditionally a feminine (girl) name. Widely used in India; occasional but growing in the US.

  • The name Jaya comes from Sanskrit. Jaya is the Sanskrit word for victory, shouted in the cheer Jai Ho and woven through Hindu tradition as a name of the goddess Durga; the Mahabharata itself was originally titled simply Jaya. Veteran actress Jaya Bachchan is its most familiar modern bearer.

  • Jaya is pronounced JUH-yah.

More names that mean victory

Names that share this meaning.

  1. Berenice FeminineGreek“bringing victory”
  2. Eunice FeminineGreek“good victory”
  3. Laura FeminineLatin“laurel”
  4. Mansur MasculineArabic“victorious, divinely aided”
  5. Masaru MasculineJapanese“victory”
  6. Nicholas MasculineGreek“victory of the people”