Boy, also used for girls · Sanskrit · Hindu
Yashasvi
यशस्वीSay it yuh-SHUS-vee
- Meaning today
- Famous, glorious, successful
- Original meaning
- "beautiful, splendid, illustrious, famous, celebrated" Monier-Williams, p. 848
- Say it
- yuh-SHUS-vee
- Written
- यशस्वी
- Other spellings
- Yashaswi, Yashashvi
Yashasvi
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Yashasvi meaning
Yashasvi (यशस्वी) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin, also used for girls.
Beautiful, splendid, illustrious, famous, celebrated
Also used to mean: glorious, successful
Yashasvi (यशस्वी) is the Sanskrit yaśasvin, formed from yaśas, "fame, glory", with the ending -vin, "having". Monier-Williams gives it as beautiful, splendid, illustrious, famous and celebrated, a sense found from the Atharva-veda onward. In Hindi and other Indian languages yashasvi is a common word of praise and blessing, wishing someone success and renown. Name lists give it as "famous", "glorious" or "successful", matching the dictionary. It is used for both boys and girls; a well-known bearer is the cricketer Yashasvi Jaiswal. Yashaswi is an alternative spelling.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 848 · entry yaśasvin · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, yaśasvin, p. 848 · Wikipedia, Yashasvi Jaiswal
Famous namesakes
- Yashasvi Jaiswal, Indian cricketer
Fits your syllable
First sound य
Jyeshtha nakshatra, pada 2 · Vrishchik rashi
This exact sound isn't in the table; the closest is या, which differs only in vowel length. North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Yashasvi · Yashaswi · Yashashvi