MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Yash mean?
Yash continues Sanskrit yaśas, honour or renown. The noun also carries the older poetic sense of splendour or a beautiful appearance.
Pronunciation
IAST: yaśas
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
यश
Letter-by-letter: yaśas
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਯਸ਼
788 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Yash in Indian usage
4,081 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (94%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 244 records (6%).
- Recorded as male: 3,837 records (94%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 273 |
| 1960s | 311 |
| 1970s | 634 |
| 1980s | 1,152 |
| 1990s | 1,466 |
| Other decades | 245 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Delhi | 3,884 |
| Other states | 197 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Yash / M | 20 | 1,359 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Yash; Table_6, C1408 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Yash; Table_6, C1408
- Monier-Williams, yaśas, p. 848,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.