MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bandana mean?
Bandana is the eastern vernacular counterpart of Sanskrit vandanā, salutation or praise. The word comes from vand, to praise or revere.
Pronunciation
IAST: bandanā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बन्दना
Letter-by-letter: bandanā
Conventional spelling
Odia
ବନ୍ଦନା
Conventional spelling
Bengali
বন্দনা
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
बंदना
Letter-by-letter: baṃdanā
23,158 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bandana in Indian usage
98,192 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 97,136 records (98.9%).
- Recorded as male: 1,056 records (1.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 258 |
| 1950s | 875 |
| 1960s | 4,249 |
| 1970s | 14,669 |
| 1980s | 37,059 |
| 1990s | 40,912 |
| Other decades | 170 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 45,468 |
| Bihar | 15,681 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 15,252 |
| Odisha | 6,050 |
| Jharkhand | 5,533 |
| Assam | 2,598 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 2,200 |
| Tripura | 1,366 |
| Rajasthan | 1,224 |
| Uttarakhand | 982 |
| Haryana | 525 |
| Delhi | 460 |
| Sikkim | 238 |
| Chandigarh | 122 |
| Meghalaya | 110 |
| Other states | 383 |
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