MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Balaram mean?
Balaram names Balarama, Krishna's elder brother. His name connects bala, strength, with Rama. The traditional epithet Halayudha associates him with the plough.
Pronunciation
IAST: balarāma
Meaning themes
balaramaepic
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बलराम
Letter-by-letter: balarāma
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
बालाराम
Letter-by-letter: bālārāma
14,831 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Balaram in Indian usage
19,055 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 1,401 |
| 1950s | 2,556 |
| 1960s | 3,981 |
| 1970s | 4,370 |
| 1980s | 4,007 |
| 1990s | 2,178 |
| Other decades | 562 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 10,160 |
| Rajasthan | 4,624 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 3,180 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 418 |
| Kerala | 109 |
| Other states | 564 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, rāmacandra, p. 877,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, balarāma, p. 723,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.