Jishnu

Traditional associations

In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.

• Rashi: Makar
• Nakshatra: Uttara Ashadha
• More names starting with J

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Victorious, triumphant; Triumphant, another name of Arjuna and Vishnu; Arjuna; one who is triumphant”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Parth — Meanings families give: Prince, Arjuna; Arjuna, prince; Son of Pritha, another name for Arjuna the great hero; Arjuna, son of Pritha, earthly; Son of Pritha; name of Arjuna; Arjuna, one who never misses the target; Arjuna, king, prince
• Karan — Clever, talented, Arjuna
• Dhanush — Meanings families give: Bow; Bow, the arc and weapon of skilled archers like Arjuna
• Partha — Meanings families give: Prince, son of Pritha; Son of Pritha, Arjuna; Son of Pritha (Kunti); Arjuna
• Partho — Arjuna; son of Kunti; the great archer
• Abhimanyu — of a son of Arjuna (by Subhadrā)

More boys' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Bengali origin

• Mainak — Meanings families give: A mountain; Mountain; son of Himavan and Menaka
• Tapas — Meanings families give: Austerity, meditation; Austerity, penance and intense spiritual practice; Austerity, warmth; heat of spiritual practice
• Piyush — nectar (the drink of immortality produced at the churning of the ocean of milk)

Other names under Makar rashi

• Jhanvi — Meanings families give: River Ganga; River Ganga, flowing and pure
• Jahnavi — River Ganga, daughter of sage Jahnu
• Jyoti — Meanings families give: Light, flame; Light, flame, radiance
• Jainam — Victorious
• Jyothi — Meanings families give: Light, flame, radiance; Light, flame, brightness
• Keshav — Meanings families give: One with beautiful long hair, name of Vishnu-Krishna; Lord Krishna, one with long or beautiful hair

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Makar names.

Where this comes from

Jishnu 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.