MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Basamma mean?
Basamma is conventionally associated with Basava, the bull word, and amma, mother. In Kannada devotional naming the bull connection can invoke Nandi, Shiva's vehicle.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बसम्मा
Conventional spelling
Kannada
ಬસಮ್ಮ
Conventional spelling
Kannada
ಬಸಮ್ಮ
18,978 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Basamma in Indian usage
20,909 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 20,794 records (99.4%).
- Recorded as male: 115 records (0.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 669 |
| 1940s | 1,783 |
| 1950s | 2,808 |
| 1960s | 3,747 |
| 1970s | 4,241 |
| 1980s | 4,868 |
| 1990s | 2,645 |
| Other decades | 148 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Karnataka | 19,001 |
| Other states | 1,908 |
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