User-submitted name Jayaprakash

Gender Masculine

Usage Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada

Scripts जयप्रकाश(Hindi) ജയപ്രകാശ്(Malayalam) ஜெயபிரகாஷ்(Tamil) జయప్రకాశ్(Telugu) ಜಯಪ್ರಕಾಶ(Kannada)

Meaning & History

Means "shining victory" or "light of victory" from Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest" and प्रकाश (prakāśa) meaning "light, bright, shining". A notable bearer was Indian political leader and independence activist Jayaprakash Narayan (1902-1979).

Added 10/4/2023 by stephen_ded
Edited 6/2/2025 by sekejap