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Santhosh name meaning

“contentment, joy”

Letters
8
Syllables
2
First letter
S
Origin
Sanskrit
Category
Indian Names
Gender
♂ Boy
Peak 2010s: 7.6%
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–
2000s–
2010s7.6%

Indian Names: SMeaning happinessSanskrit origin

Santhosh is a boy's name from Sanskrit meaning 'contentment' or 'joy'.

What does Santhosh mean?

Contentment, joy

In Malay: kepuasan; kegembiraan

#Happiness

Sources (2)

About the name Santhosh

Santhosh is the South Indian form of Santosh, from the Sanskrit word saṃtoṣa meaning contentment or joy. The spelling Santosh is also used. According to JPN, the name appeared in the 2010s with 58 baby boys.

Gender♂ Boy
OriginSanskrit
SyllablesSan-thosh
First letterIndian Names starting with S
Devanagari scriptसंतोष

Santhosh 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
not in the top 10
2010s
Boy: 58 · 7.6%
People registered with Santhosh 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)

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: संतोष · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Santhosh · behindthename.com · meaning

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