Vijay
Vijay ( Sanskrit : विजय) is a common Indian male given name. It means victory / winner and is therefore the Indian equivalent of Viktor . Vijaya is also one of the names of Arjuna , the Mahabharata hero. It has the same meaning as the word Jai , with the difference that Vijay means victory in attack and Jai means victory in defense.
Well-known namesake
- Vijay (actor) (* 1974), actually Joseph Vijay , South Indian actor
- Vijay Amritraj (* 1953), former Indian tennis player and actor
- Vijay Anand (1934-2004), Indian producer, director, screenwriter and actor
- Vijay Samuel Hazare (1915-2004), Indian cricketer
- Vijay Iyer (* 1971), American jazz musician
- Vijay Kichlu (* 1930), Hindustan singer
- Vijay Kumar (* 1985), marksman
- Vijay Kumar Patodi (1945–1976), Indian mathematician
- Vijay Madhavan , classical dancer
- Vijay Mehra (1938-2006), Indian cricketer
- Vijay S. Pande (* 1970), Professor of Chemistry
- Vijay Patil , pianist and accordion player
- Vijay Singh (* 1963), golfer
- Vijaya (543 BC – 504 BC), first Sinhalese king of Sri Lanka
- Rayarala Vijay Kumar (* 1969), Indian religious, Bishop of Srikakulam
variants
The Bengali form of the name is Bijoy .