World religions

Religions-Names and meanings

Different religions have derived their names from different sources. Some religions derived their names from the name or title of the founder, while other religions have their names derived from certain words or names.

Name of religion	Source of the name	Meaning of the source
Bahai	Bahaullah	The title of the religion's founder, meaning glory of God in Arabic.
Buddhism	Buddha	The title of the religion's founder, meaning enlightened in Sanskrit.
Christianity	Khristos	Khristos is the Greek translation of the Hebrew word Messiah, meaning the anointed.
Confucianism	Kung Fu Tzu	Kung Fu Tzu (Confucius) was a Chinese philosopher.
Druze	Darazi	One of the first three founders of the Druze sect.
Hinduism	Hind	In many Asian languages, Hind is the name of the region between the Himalayas and the Indus river.
Islam	Sa-le-ma	In Arabic, Salema is root to words like peace, submission and obedience.
Jainism	Jina	Sanskrit word meaning victorious or overcome.
Judaism	Judah	One of the Tribes of Israel.
Shinto	Shin Tao	In Chinese, way of the gods.
Sikhism	Sikh	Punjabi word meaning learner or pupil.
Taoism	Tao	Chinese word meaning way or path.
Zoroastrianism	Zoroaster	An ancient Persian philosopher. In India the Zoroastrians are known as Parsis, meaning people of Persia.