Jayashankar is an Indian given name and surname. It is formed from the Sanskrit words jaya (जय) 'victorious' and śaṃkara (शंकर) 'beneficent'. The latter word is a reference to Shiva (see Shankar).[1] By the process of schwa syncope, jaya becomes jai in many modern Indian languages, resulting in the name also being spelled Jaishankar. People with these names include:

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  1. ^ Patrick Hanks; Kate Hardcastle; Flavia Hodges (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 558.