Jay (2)

Modern (northern Indian) masculine form of JAYA.

JAYA   female & male   Hinduism, Tamil, Indian, Telugu, Hindi, Marathi
Derived from Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory". This is a transcription of both the feminine form जया (an epithet of the Hindu goddess Durga) and the masculine form जय (borne by several characters in Hindu texts). As a modern personal name, this transcription is both feminine and masculine in southern India, but typically only feminine in the north.
EQUIVALENTS
ASSAMESE: Jayanta
BENGALI: Jayanta
GUJARATI: Jay
HINDI: Jai, Jay, Jayant
HINDUISM: Jayanta
MARATHI: Jai, Jay, Jayant
TAMIL: Jai
FEMININE FORMS
HINDI: Jaya, Jayanti
HINDUISM: Jaya, Jayanti
KANNADA: Jayanthi
MARATHI: Jaya
TAMIL: Jaya, Jayanthi
TELUGU: Jaya