Daiten
Japanese · Boy · 2 syllables
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About the name Daiten
The name 'Daiten' is a Japanese masculine given name meaning "great heaven" or "great sky," derived from the kanji 大 (dai, "great") and 天 (ten, "heaven, sky").
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Etymology
The name 'Daiten' is a Japanese masculine given name meaning "great heaven" or "great sky," derived from the kanji 大 (dai, "great") and 天 (ten, "heaven, sky"). It is primarily used in Japanese Buddhist and Shinto contexts, notably as the Japanese name for the Buddhist deity Mahābrahmā (大梵天, Daibonten), who is revered as a protector of the Dharma in East Asian Buddhism.
Daiten currently ranks #10,947 in the United States as a boy's name. It reached its peak popularity around 2006.
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