Jahangir
Persian · Boy · 3 syllables
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About the name Jahangir
The name 'Jahangir' means "world-seizer" or "conqueror of the world," deriving from the Persian roots *jahān* (world) and *gīr* (seizer).
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Etymology
The name 'Jahangir' means "world-seizer" or "conqueror of the world," deriving from the Persian roots *jahān* (world) and *gīr* (seizer). It is primarily used in Persian, Turkic, and South Asian Muslim cultures, most famously as the regnal name of the fourth Mughal emperor (r. 1605–1627), Nur-ud-din Muhammad Jahangir.
Jahangir currently ranks #12,782 in the United States as a boy's name. It reached its peak popularity around 2024.
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