MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Barendra mean?
Barendra is the Odia form of Varendra, joining vara, “excellent”, and indra, “chief”. The eastern b form preserves the same Sanskrit-derived image of pre-eminence.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बरेन्द्र
Conventional spelling
Odia
ବରେନ୍ଦ୍ର
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Barendra in Indian usage
1,960 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: 422 records (21.5%).
- Recorded as male: 1,538 records (78.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 256 |
| 1960s | 405 |
| 1970s | 507 |
| 1980s | 413 |
| 1990s | 226 |
| Other decades | 153 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Other states | 1,960 |
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, vara, p. 922,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, indra, p. 166,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.