MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Baldev mean?
Baldev is a familiar form of Baladeva, the name of Krishna's elder brother Balarama. The compound joins bala, strength, with deva, god. Balarama is represented with a plough in devotional art.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बलदेव
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Baldev in Indian usage
5,192 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 | 711 |
| 1950s | 856 |
| 1960s | 908 |
| 1970s | 929 |
| 1980s | 988 |
| 1990s | 482 |
| Other decades | 318 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,251 |
| Delhi | 1,495 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,080 |
| Rajasthan | 202 |
| Other states | 164 |
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, baladeva, p. 722,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: बलदेव ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.