What does the name Ranjit mean?

Ranjit means "Victorious in battle, conqueror in war". It is a unisex name of Punjabi origin.

What is the classical Sanskrit origin of Ranjit?

रञ्जित (rañjita): affected, moved, charmed, delighted, per the Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).

Ranjit

Ranjit means Victorious in battle, conqueror in war.

Gender	unisex
Origin	Punjabi
Language	Punjabi
Starts with	R

Classical Sanskrit origin

रञ्जित (rañjita): affected, moved, charmed, delighted.

Source: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), a public-domain scholarly reference — not every popular name today traces to a classical dictionary entry, so this section only appears where a verified match exists.

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Victorious in battle, conqueror in war”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Samar — War, battle, fruit of heaven
Ranbir — Warrior of the battlefield, brave in battle
Ranjitsingh — Victorious lion in battle
Yudhvir — Brave warrior in battle
Pratap — Glory, valor and majestic splendor in battle
Fatehjung — Victorious in battle, winner of wars

More unisex names of Punjabi origin

Manpreet — Heart's love, beloved of the mind
Harpreet — Love of God, God's beloved
Amrit — Nectar, immortal
Gagan — Sky, the heavens above
Amandeep — Lamp of peace
Anmol — Priceless, invaluable gem

Where this comes from

Ranjit's etymology is verified against Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.