MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bapu mean?
Bapu is an affectionate and respectful word for a father or senior man. Its use as an independent name retains the kinship language of family life.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बापू
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bapu in Indian usage
6,116 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (97.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 157 records (2.6%).
- Recorded as male: 5,959 records (97.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 516 |
| 1950s | 970 |
| 1960s | 1,505 |
| 1970s | 1,442 |
| 1980s | 1,017 |
| 1990s | 406 |
| Other decades | 260 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,165 |
| Rajasthan | 2,433 |
| Maharashtra | 369 |
| Other states | 149 |
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
- Wiktionary: बापू ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.