Yajna

given name · Latin script

Meaning: A ritual of sacrifice to the Devas

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Yajna is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Mauritius than in any other country, where it is the 82nd most common given name.

rarermore common
  • MUMauritius≈1 in 5.3K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 379K
  • NZNew Zealand≈1 in 1.5M

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Mauritius (inferred from the name graph)

≈260 people, est.

Sources
33 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 5.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Mauritius, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A ritual of sacrifice to the Devas.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Yajna counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Yajna is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MU Mauritius#82≈260 est.≈1 in 5.3KYajna10
ZA South Africa—≈150 est.≈1 in 379KYajna11
US United States—≈16 est.≈1 in 21MYajna25
PH Philippines—≈8 est.≈1 in 14MYajna3
AU Australia—≈7 est.≈1 in 3.8MYajna11
MY Malaysia—≈4 est.≈1 in 7.3MYajna2
NZ New Zealand—≈3 est.≈1 in 1.5MYajna6

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Yajna is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Yajña

  • Hindi given name44 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, Kuwait

    Languages: Hindi, English, Urdu

    Also written Jagga, Jugga, Jajna, Jogga, যজ্ঞ

25 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Yajna under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Yajna mean, and where does it come from?
A ritual of sacrifice to the Devas. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Yajna a male or female name?
Yajna is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Yajna have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 262 people named Yajna in Mauritius, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yajna.
How common is the name Yajna?
Mondonomo estimates about 260 people in Mauritius have Yajna as their first given name, about 1 in 5.3 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
How common is Yajna compared with other names?
In Mauritius, Yajna is the 82nd most common given name of 365 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Yajna” — the 82nd most common given name in Mauritius. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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