Entry № 5078 · Sanskrit origin

Jyotsna Jyotsna — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ JYOT-snah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Moonlight (Kalidasa poetry tradition)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "moonlight (kalidasa poetry tradition)".

Jyotsna is from the Sanskrit ज्योत्स्ना (Jyotsnā — moonlight, moonlit night) — from Sanskrit jyotis (light). Jyotsna is one of the Sanskrit feminine names — central to traditional Hindu poetic heritage.

Moonlight (Kalidasa poetry tradition) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

ज्योत्स्ना
Transliteration
Jyotsnā
Pronunciation
/ ˈdʒjoʊt.snə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Jyotsna stands.

Jyotsna does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Jyotsnas before her.

Real people
Jyotsna Bhatt
Indian ceramic artist + Padma Shri 2020 + pioneering Indian women's ceramic heritage.
1940 – 2020
In fiction
Jyotsna
Sanskrit moonlight + Kalidasa poetic tradition.

Names connected to Jyotsna.

The number behind Jyotsna.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Jyotsna reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.