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Sanjeev
How to Pronounce Sanjeev
Pronounced sun-JEEV /sʌnˈdʒiːv/Medium
Meaning: Sanjeev comes from Sanskrit, joining sam, meaning together or fully, with jiv, to live, to give the sense of reviving, giving life, or animating; it is a common Indian male name.Medium
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Sanjeev arrived with families of Indian heritage. It entered the United States records in the mid nineteen-sixties and reached its slim high around 2004, moving with wider South Asian immigration.
It was never common in the United States, given to only a couple dozen boys a year at most, though it is a familiar name across India. A boy named Sanjeev at that peak would be about twenty today. The name carries clear Sanskrit roots.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Sanjeev mean?
It is a Sanskrit name meaning reviving, giving life, or animating, from sam and jiv, to live.
How do you pronounce Sanjeev?
It is said sun-JEEV /sʌnˈdʒiːv/, two syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Sanjeev a boy or girl name?
Sanjeev is a boy's name, common in India.
How popular is Sanjeev?
In the United States it has always been very rare, given to only a couple dozen boys a year at its peak in the mid two-thousands.