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Darshan name meaning

“sight; vision”

Also spelled Darrshan

Letters
7
Syllables
2
First letter
D
Origin
Sanskrit · Hindi
Category
Indian Names
Gender
♂ Boy
Peak 2010s: 15%
of the boy top-10 total
JPN Indian table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadeboy
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s–
2000s7.2%
2010s15%

Indian Names: DMeaning knowledgeSanskrit origin

Darshan is a male name from Sanskrit darśana, meaning 'sight' or 'vision'.

What does Darshan mean?

Sight; vision

In Malay: penglihatan; pandangan

#Knowledge

Sources (1)

About the name Darshan

Darshan comes from Sanskrit darśana, from the root dṛś, 'to see'. The word means 'sight' or 'vision', and also 'philosophical system'. The spelling Darrshan is also seen in Malaysia. According to JPN, the name peaked in the 2000s with 290 baby boys. JPN counts the first word of registered names.

Gender♂ Boy
OriginSanskrit, Hindi
SyllablesDar-shan
First letterIndian Names starting with D

Darshan in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
Boy: 290 · 7.2%
2010s
Boy: 115 · 15%
People registered with Darshan as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Indian table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Other spellings in the JPN data: Darrshan (2010s 68 boy)

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: दर्शन (darśana) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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