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Yashna

Yashna: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“worship, sacrifice”
Origin
Sanskrit
Say it
YAHSH-nuh · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Likely related to Sanskrit yajña, meaning 'sacrifice' or 'worship ritual,' via modern Indian-language forms. The exact transliteration and usage can vary across languages.

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How popular is Yashna?

202451.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Yashna in 2024170

2024 rank#1,342 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 1880170

Yashna is rising: use over the last five years is 52.0× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Yashna

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Aryanoble; honorable · Sanskrit
  • Kalithe black one · Sanskrit
  • Alayadwelling, abode · Sanskrit
  • Opalgem; precious stone · Sanskrit
  • Ariyanoble · Sanskrit
  • Vedaknowledge · Sanskrit
  • Tarastar · Sanskrit
  • Anikagrace · Sanskrit

Yashna questions

What does the name Yashna mean?

Yashna means "worship, sacrifice". It comes from Sanskrit. Likely related to Sanskrit yajña, meaning 'sacrifice' or 'worship ritual,' via modern Indian-language forms. The exact transliteration and usage can vary across languages.

Is Yashna a boy or girl name?

Yashna is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Yashna?

170 US babies were named Yashna in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Yashna?

Yashna is usually pronounced YAHSH-nuh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.