Ishaan

Where Ishaan comes from

From Sanskrit ईशान (īśāna, “Ishana”), a Hindu deity and guardian of the northeast direction.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ishaan
  • Sanskrit
Along the way
  1. 1990
    First appearance
    #8,117 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2002
    Ishaan Bhatnagar born
    Indian badminton player
  3. 2019
    Peak, #794
    289 babies named Ishaan — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Sanskrit, of Indian origin.
Namesakes
  • Ishaan Bhatnagar · Indian badminton player, born 2002

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.