Gender Masculine & Feminine
Scripts विजय, विजया(Sanskrit) విజయ(Telugu) ವಿಜಯ(Kannada) விஜய, விஜயா(Tamil) വിജയ(Malayalam) विजया(Marathi, Hindi)
Meaning & History
Means "victory" in Sanskrit. This is a transcription of both the masculine form विजय and the feminine form विजया, both of which are used frequently in Hindu texts. It is the name of a grandson of Indra, a son of Krishna and it is another name of the goddess Durga. This was also the name of a semi-legendary 6th-century BC king of Sri Lanka.