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Names starting with J (ज): 9 names from the scriptures

7 for boys and 2 for girls. With each name: its meaning, its number in the text, and the nakshatra pada and rashi of its first syllable.

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Here are 9 names starting with J (ज): 7 for boys and 2 for girls. Each comes from the Shiva Sahasranama (Mahabharata), Vishnu Sahasranama, Durga Ashtottara Shatanama, Lalita Sahasranama and was checked in two separate editions; with each name are its meaning, its number in the text, and the nakshatra pada and rashi of its first syllable by the Avakahada chakra (Capricorn (Makara)).

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Boys’ names starting with J (ज) (7)

  • जटाधर

    JatadharBoy

    Who wears matted locks

    Source
    Shiva Sahasranama (Mahabharata), name 805 (Gita Press); Pune edition, Anushasana Parva 17.124
    Deity
    Shiva
    Meaning based on
    Sanskrit dictionary: Monier-Williams p. 409
    First syllable
    जा → Uttara Ashadha pada 3 → Capricorn (Makara)

  • जनार्दन

    JanardanBoy

    To whom people pray for prosperity and liberation; or who punishes the wicked

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 126
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    जा → Uttara Ashadha pada 3 → Capricorn (Makara)

  • जनेश्वर

    JaneshwarBoy

    Lord of all beings

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 341
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    जा → Uttara Ashadha pada 3 → Capricorn (Makara)

  • जय

    JayBoy

    Victorious over all beings

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 509
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    जा → Uttara Ashadha pada 3 → Capricorn (Makara)

  • जयंत

    जयन्तJayantBoy

    Conqueror of foes; or the cause of the gods’ victory

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 798
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    जा → Uttara Ashadha pada 3 → Capricorn (Makara)

  • जीवन

    JeevanBoy

    Giver of life

    Source
    Shiva Sahasranama (Mahabharata), name 767 (Gita Press); Pune edition, Anushasana Parva 17.120
    Deity
    Shiva
    Meaning based on
    Sanskrit dictionary: Monier-Williams p. 423; Apte p. 516
    First syllable
    जी → Uttara Ashadha pada 4 → Capricorn (Makara)

  • ज्योतिरादित्य

    JyotiradityaBoy

    The light that dwells in the sun’s disc

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 564
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    ज्यो is a conjunct: its first letter, ज: जा → Uttara Ashadha pada 3 → Capricorn (Makara) or keeping the vowel, जो: this vowel is not in the table, so the letter’s padas: जा → Uttara Ashadha pada 3 → Capricorn (Makara), जी → Uttara Ashadha pada 4 → Capricorn (Makara)

Girls’ names starting with J (ज) (2)

  • जया

    JayaGirl

    Victory

    Source
    Durga Ashtottara Shatanama, name 8 (Gita Press)
    Deity
    Durga
    Meaning based on
    Sanskrit dictionary: Monier-Williams p. 412
    First syllable
    जा → Uttara Ashadha pada 3 → Capricorn (Makara)

  • ज्ञानदा

    GyanadaGirl

    Giver of knowledge

    Source
    Lalita Sahasranama, name 643
    Deity
    Lalita (the Devi)
    Meaning based on
    Bhaskararaya’s commentary
    First syllable
    ज्ञा is a conjunct: its first letter, ज: जा → Uttara Ashadha pada 3 → Capricorn (Makara)

Names with J (ज): questions and answers

What is the rashi of a name starting with J (ज)?

In the Avakahada chakra the rashi of the nakshatra pada a name’s first syllable belongs to is the name rashi. The first syllables of the names on this page: जा (Uttara Ashadha pada 3, Capricorn (Makara)): जटाधर, जनार्दन, जनेश्वर, जय and others. जी (Uttara Ashadha pada 4, Capricorn (Makara)): जीवन. This is the name rashi; the birth rashi is the Moon’s rashi at birth, found from the birth panchang.

What does the number next to the source mean?

It is the name’s place in the text: 1 to 1000 in the Vishnu and Lalita Sahasranamas, 1 to 1008 in the Mahabharata’s Shiva Sahasranama as the Gita Press counts it, and 1 to 108 in the Durga Ashtottara Shatanama. Where a name comes more than once, the first number is given.

Must the name begin with the syllable of the birth nakshatra?

Many families keep the custom of giving a name that begins with the syllable of the Moon’s nakshatra pada at birth. That is a matter of family custom. This page gives the pada of each name’s first syllable so the match can be made; the birth pada comes from the birth panchang. Ask your family purohit about the naming rite itself.

Sources

  1. Shiva Sahasranama (Mahabharata): Mahabharata, vol. 6 (Anushasana Parva), Gita Press: numbered, with a Hindi gloss
  2. Shiva Sahasranama (Mahabharata): Mahabharata, Pune critical edition (BORI), Anushasana Parva, sanskritdocuments.org
  3. Vishnu Sahasranama: Mahabharata, vol. 6 (Anushasana Parva), Gita Press: numbered, with a Hindi gloss
  4. Vishnu Sahasranama: Vishnu Sahasranamavali, sanskritdocuments.org
  5. Vishnu Sahasranama: The Vishnu Sahasranama with the Bhashya of Sri Sankaracharya, tr. R. Ananthakrishna Sastry (Theosophical Publishing House, 1927)
  6. Durga Ashtottara Shatanama: Sachitra Shri Durga Saptashati, tr. Ramnarayan Dutt Shastri ‘Ram’ (Gita Press, 1961): numbered, with a Hindi gloss
  7. Durga Ashtottara Shatanama: Shri Durga Ashtottarashatanama Stotram and Namavali, sanskritdocuments.org
  8. Lalita Sahasranama: Lalita Sahasranamavali, sanskritdocuments.org
  9. Lalita Sahasranama: Lalita Sahasranama with Bhaskararaya’s Commentary, tr. R. Ananthakrishna Sastry (2nd ed., 1925)
  10. Name syllables: Brihad Avakahada Chakram, Shatapada Chakra verses 9–15; Pt. Sitarama Sharma, Ati Brihat Avakahada Chakram (1932), pp. 22–26

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