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Sayantan
सायंतनSay it SHAA-yon-ton
- Meaning
- Relating to evening, vespertine Monier-Williams, p. 1207
- Say it
- SHAA-yon-ton
- Written
- सायंतन
- Other spellings
- Shayantan, Sayontan
- First sound
- सा · Kumbh rashi
Sayantan
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Sayantan meaning
Sayantan (सायंतन) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin (Bengali usage). By its first sound, सा, it is a Kumbh rashi name (Shatabhisha nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Relating to evening, vespertine
Sayantan (सायंतन) is a Bengali boys' name taken from the Sanskrit adjective sāyantana, "belonging to the evening". Monier-Williams glosses it as "relating to evening, vespertine", and the Samsad Bengali dictionary keeps the same word as a literary synonym for "of the evening". It comes from sāyam, "at evening", the root also of sāyaṅkāl, "evening time". The feminine form Sayantani and the related Sayan are also Bengali names. The name evokes the quiet hour of dusk.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 1207 · entry sāyantana · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, sāyantana, p. 1207 · Samsad Bengali–English Dictionary, sāẏantana, p. 1008
Fits your syllable
First sound सा
Shatabhisha nakshatra, pada 2 · Kumbh rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Sayantan · Shayantan · Sayontan