Entry № 1184 · Marathi origin

Jijabai Jijabai — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ JEE-jah-bai /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Marathi

Meaning

"Shivaji's mother (founder of Maratha Empire)"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Modern (Marathi)

The meaning

A name that means "shivaji's mother (founder of maratha empire)".

Jijabai is from the Marathi diminutive jiji (dear mother) and bai (lady). **Jijabai Bhosale (1598-1674)** was the **mother of Shivaji Maharaj, founder of the Maratha Empire**. **She raised him on stories of the Ramayana and Mahabharata**, instilling the spirit of Hindu kingship and resistance that would shape the Maratha Empire's rise against the Mughals. **Revered as Rashtramata ("Mother of the Nation") in Maharashtra.**

Featured in Maratha histories.

Shivaji's mother. The Rashtramata who raised the founder of the Maratha Empire.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

जिजाबाई

Transliteration: Jijābāī
Pronunciation: / ˈdʒiː.dʒə.baɪ /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Jijabai stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Jijabai · last year

87 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Jijabais before her.

Real people

Jijabai Bhosale

Mother of Shivaji.

1598 – 1674

In fiction

Jijabai

Featured in countless Marathi works.

Names connected to Jijabai.

Numerology

The number behind Jijabai.

The Builder

Jijabai reduces to four — the number of Maratha mother.

Parents on Jijabai

Why families chose this name.

"Shivaji's mother. Eight letters. Jijabai."

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