MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Basappa mean?
Basappa is a familiar form of Basavappa, combining Basava, bull, with the respectful appa. The bull refers especially to Nandi, Shiva's mount. The Basava name also recalls the saint Basavanna.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बसप्पा
Conventional spelling
Kannada
ಬಸಪ್ಪ
Conventional spelling
Kannada
ಬಸಪ್ಪಾ
2,147 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Basappa in Indian usage
2,325 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 |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 232 |
| 1960s | 327 |
| 1970s | 450 |
| 1980s | 764 |
| 1990s | 402 |
| Other decades | 150 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Other states | 2,325 |
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, śiva, p. 1074,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.