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Jhumpa

girl name · Bengali origin · 2 syllables

Meaning

a family pet-name Jhumpa Lahiri uses publicly in place of her formal name Nilanjana; Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Jhumpa peaked in the 2020s.

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