MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Basavaraj mean?
Basavaraj combines Kannada basava, bull, with rāj, king. Basava also evokes the revered bull of Shiva's tradition, giving the name a regional devotional association. The bull Nandi is Shiva's mount in the tradition evoked by Basava.
Meaning themes
shivaanimals
Spellings in Indian scripts
Kannada
ಬಸವರಾಜ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
बसवराज
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Basavaraj in Indian usage
72,104 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 274 records (0.4%).
- Recorded as male: 71,830 records (99.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 896 |
| 1950s | 3,357 |
| 1960s | 9,191 |
| 1970s | 17,393 |
| 1980s | 25,093 |
| 1990s | 15,969 |
| Other decades | 205 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Karnataka | 72,104 |
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