Boy · Hindi (from Sanskrit ud + magna) · Hindu
Umang
उमंगSay it oo-MUNG
- Meaning today
- Enthusiasm, joy
- Original meaning
- "elation, rapture, exultation; eager desire, ambition" John T. Platts, p. 82
- Say it
- oo-MUNG
- Written
- उमंग
- Other spellings
- Umaang
- First sound
- उ · Vrishabh rashi
Umang
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Umang meaning
Umang (उमंग) is a Hindu boy's name of Hindi origin (from Sanskrit ud + magna). By its first sound, उ, it is a Vrishabh rashi name (Krittika nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Elation, rapture, exultation; eager desire, ambition
Also used to mean: enthusiasm, joy
Umang (उमंग) is a Hindi word rather than a classical Sanskrit one. Platts' Hindustani dictionary gives it as great joy, elation, rapture and exultation, and also as eager longing and ambition, and traces it to Sanskrit ud, "up", with magna, from majj, "to plunge", the idea of feeling that wells up and overflows. Name lists give Umang as "enthusiasm" or "joy", which matches. The word is very common in Hindi songs and speech for high spirits and zest, and the name is used across North and West India.
Source: John T. Platts, A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English (1884), p. 82 · entry umang · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Platts, umang, p. 82
Fits your syllable
First sound उ
Krittika nakshatra, pada 3 · Vrishabh rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Umang · Umaang