Jagjit
Jagjit Singh was an Indian composer, singer and musician. He composed and sang in numerous languages and is credited for the revival and popularity of ghazal, an Indian classical art form, by choosing poetry that was relevant to the masses and composing them in a way that laid more emphasis on the meaning of words and melody evoked by them.
- Indian
Meaning & Origin of Jagjit
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jagjit Singh was an Indian composer, singer and musician. He composed and sang in numerous languages and is credited for the revival and popularity of ghazal, an Indian classical art form, by choosing poetry that was relevant to the masses and composing them in a way that laid more emphasis on the meaning of words and melody evoked by them.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Indian
The Story of Jagjit
Jagjit first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1984, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1998: 6 births, good for #8,479 nationwide. About 48% of every Jagjit on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Jagjit last appeared in the published SSA data in 2005, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 21 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Jagjit
Jagjit is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1984 and has accumulated 21 births in the dataset. Jagjit's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #8,479. Use the chart and map above to compare Jagjit's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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