MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Basanna mean?
Basanna combines a short Basava form with anna, the Kannada address for an elder brother. Basava is the sacred bull's name and also the name of the poet and reformer central to the Vachana movement.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Kannada
ಬಸಣ್ಣ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
बसण्णा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Basanna in Indian usage
3,368 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 188 |
| 1940s | 625 |
| 1950s | 912 |
| 1960s | 780 |
| 1970s | 469 |
| 1980s | 266 |
| Other decades | 128 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Karnataka | 3,051 |
| Other states | 317 |
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