Jyotsna
Jyotsna or Jyoshna is a Sanskrit word meaning moonlight. It is also a common (feminine) given name in India.Jyoshna, New Zealand devotional singer/song writer Jyotsna Bhatt, Indian ceramicist Jyotsna Chandola, Indian actress Jyotsna Patel, former Test cricketer who represented India Jyotsna Radhakrishnan, playback singer in Malayalam cinema Jyotsna Srikanth, Indian violinist and composer Jyotsna…
- Hindi
- Bengali
Meaning & Origin of Jyotsna
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jyotsna or Jyoshna is a Sanskrit word meaning moonlight. It is also a common (feminine) given name in India.Jyoshna, New Zealand devotional singer/song writer Jyotsna Bhatt, Indian ceramicist Jyotsna Chandola, Indian actress Jyotsna Patel, former Test cricketer who represented India Jyotsna Radhakrishnan, playback singer in Malayalam cinema Jyotsna Srikanth, Indian violinist and composer Jyotsna…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hindi
- Bengali
The Story of Jyotsna
American parents first put Jyotsna on the record books as a baby girl name in 2001, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2008, when 7 Jyotsnas were born — ranking #13,831 that year. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 68% of all recorded Jyotsnas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2012 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 34 Jyotsnas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Jyotsna
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- Jyotsana
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About the name Jyotsna
Jyotsna is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2001 and has accumulated 34 births in the dataset. Jyotsna's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #13,831. Use the chart and map above to compare Jyotsna'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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