Jahangir is a boy's name of Indian origin meaning “world or universe.” In 2024 it was given to 6 boys in the United States.
Jahangir at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Hindu & Indian · Persian
Meaning
“world or universe”
About the name Jahangir
Jahangir belongs to the Hindu & Indian and Persian tradition. Its meaning — “world or universe” — is the sense carried by its Indian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Jahangir first appears in Social Security records in 2024. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #11449 in 2024, and in 2024 6 babies received the name — 6 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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