MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Basadev mean?
Basadev is a north Indian development of the Sanskrit name Vasudeva. In epic accounts, Vasudeva is the father of Krishna. Vāsudeva is a patronymic title of Krishna as Vasudeva's son.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
वासुदेव
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
बासदेव
Letter-by-letter: bāsadeva
10,026 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Basadev in Indian usage
10,026 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling बासदेव.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 1,320 |
| 1950s | 2,148 |
| 1960s | 2,394 |
| 1970s | 1,820 |
| 1980s | 1,271 |
| 1990s | 556 |
| Other decades | 517 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,961 |
| Bihar | 3,408 |
| Jharkhand | 1,479 |
| Other states | 178 |
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, vasudeva, p. 931,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, vāsudeva, p. 948,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.