Vijaya

given name · Hindi · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Vijaya is a given name, most frequently recorded in India, where it is the 99th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Hindi and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: A king of Benares, descended from Mahāsammata.

rarermore common
  • INIndia1 in 1.1K◐
  • MYMalaysia1 in 10K
  • USUnited States1 in 167K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈2.1K ●

across 6 countries

#883 ●

of 16M given names

2 ●

recorded for this name

Sources
229 ●

561K records

Official registry-verified

1 in 58K ◐

Guyana

Spellings & scripts●

VijayaLatin · Hindi●3M records
ВиджаяCyrillic · Russian●28 records

Locally spelled Виджая in RU Russia and Wijaya in HK Hong Kong.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

A king of Benares, descended from Mahāsammata. H is son was Vijitasena.’ Vijayabāhu ] 867

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol II (N-H)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Vijaya is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India#992,986,484542K rec.—793Vijaya207
MY Malaysia#7896,3412.7K rec.—544Vijaya50
US United States—1,99112K rec.1 in 167K2KVijaya229
GB United Kingdom—1,143543 rec.——Vijaya67
SG Singapore—468535 rec.——Vijaya36
ID Indonesia—410433 rec.—listedVijaya51
CA Canada—301309 rec.——Vijaya41
AE United Arab Emirates—253198 rec.——Vijaya42
SA Saudi Arabia—23547 rec.——Vijaya17
QA Qatar—87105 rec.——Vijaya11
SE Sweden—77△23 rec.1 in 133K77—15
JP Japan—6341 rec.——Vijaya15

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

  • Hindi3M73%
  • English330K8%
  • Telugu300K7%
  • Assamese300K7%
  • 30K1%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
Hindi2,967,21973%
English329,9258%
Telugu300,3187%
Assamese300,3007%
30,1591%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Vijaya is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name336K records spelled Vijaya10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Malaysia, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Vïjãýä

  • Assamese given name310K records spelled Vijaya4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Malaysia, United States

    Languages: Assamese, Bangla, Odia

  • Telugu given name306K records spelled Vijaya7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written విజయ్, విజేయ్, Vijaye, విజయ, Viajaya

  • a separate given name37K records spelled Vijaya2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, Malaysia

    Also written Vijayā

  • Sinhala given name25K records spelled Vijaya2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Malaysia, Sri Lanka

  • Thai given name2.9K records spelled Vijaya9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Thailand, Malaysia, United States

    Languages: Thai, Lao

    Also written Wijaya, วิจายา, วิจาย่า, วีจายา, วจายา

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Vijaya is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In pi, Mentioned with Jātimitta, as a patron of Metteyya Buddha.’ Anāgat. vs. 59.

    as a nameDictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol II (N-H)

  • In pi, A householder, mentioned as an exemplary layman.1

    as a nameDictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol II (N-H)

  • Durga (the name of Krishna’s rosary), victory

    as a nameA Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India

  • In English, One of the two demigod gatekeepers (Dvarapala) of the abode of Vishnu, known as Vaikuntha.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Arjuna (M); name of many men (P); Brahma

    as a nameSunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

020K40K60K19001950200040K · 1984

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Vijaya in naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls), India, 1892–2017
Yearrecords
18921
18931
189959
19006
19015
19081
19101
19111
19133
19146
19158
191617
191717
191838
191932
1920218
192155
1922102
1923235
1924104
192577
192671
192788
192891
1929151
1930109
1931160
1932256
1933195
1934374
1935301
1936411
1937518
1938552
1939728
1940760
1941954
19421,322
19431,240
19441,732
19451,778
19462,091
19472,788
19482,609
19493,015
19503,465
19513,942
19525,138
19534,015
19546,080
19555,566
19566,545
19578,325
19588,707
195910,928
19609,843
196110,364
196214,739
196312,975
196416,042
196515,109
196617,179
196719,288
196818,407
196919,612
197021,597
197120,886
197224,676
197324,161
197424,794
197525,747
197628,741
197725,494
197827,032
197927,829
198023,520
198131,239
198237,720
198339,140
198440,052
198538,562
198631,142
198737,571
198833,821
198932,785
199032,649
199134,452
199235,398
199335,779
199430,290
199527,037
199614,737
199714,386
19989,714
1999599
200038
200129
200211
20035
20062
200765
20083,739
200912
20101,875
2011466
2012379
2013366
20146,170
20151,424
201611
201729

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 111 years between 1892–2017. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 25 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Vijaya
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaIndia Names Dataset — Andhra Pradesh Electoral Rolls (Internet Archive)—300K#4
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198440K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198339K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198539K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198238K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198738K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)199336K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)199235K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)199134K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198834K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198933K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)199033K—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 271 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Vijaya?
We estimate roughly 2.1 thousand people bear Vijaya (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.
In which country does Vijaya have the most bearers?
Vijaya is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled vijaya.
How common is Vijaya compared with other names?
In India, Vijaya is the 99th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.
Is Vijaya a male or female name?
Vijaya is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
What does the name Vijaya mean?
Recorded meaning: A king of Benares, descended from Mahāsammata.
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About this data

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Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Vijaya” — the 99th most common given name in India. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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