MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Baman mean?
Baman is the Odia vernacular form of Vamana, whose Sanskrit sense is small or dwarf. Vamana is the fifth incarnation of Vishnu. In his story, he asks King Bali for three paces of land.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Odia
ବାମନ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
बामन
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Baman in Indian usage
1,561 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 401 records (25.7%).
- Recorded as male: 1,160 records (74.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 180 |
| 1950s | 341 |
| 1960s | 369 |
| 1970s | 280 |
| 1980s | 212 |
| Other decades | 179 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Other states | 1,561 |
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, vāmana, p. 941,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.