Janak

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Father, creator and progenitor”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Kashyap — Meanings families give: A sage, seer; Ancient sage, tortoise, the progenitor of creation
• Sanjana — Meanings families give: Gentle, goddess of creation; Gentle, harmonious, born together; Soft-natured, gentle, creator; Gentle, harmonious, creator
• Kartar — Creator, the one who creates all
• Brahma — The creator god, the first of the holy trinity
• Manu — the Man par excellence or the representative man and father of the human race
• Ibrahim — Father of many nations, Mappila name

More boys' names of Sanskrit-Punjabi origin

• Vikramjit — Victorious in valor, winner through bravery
• Dhanraj — King of wealth, ruler of prosperity
• Raghuvir — Hero of the Raghu clan, valiant one
• Ripudaman — Destroyer of enemies, conqueror of foes
• Yograj — King of yoga, sovereign of spiritual discipline
• Inderveer — Brave like Indra, heroic god

Where this comes from

Janak has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.