MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Basu mean?
Sanskrit vasu expresses goodness or wealth and is continued by the regional name Basu. The Vasus also form a group of deities traditionally numbered eight.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
वसु
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
बसु
Letter-by-letter: basu
8,022 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
बसू
Letter-by-letter: basū
1,160 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Basu in Indian usage
10,947 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 6,079 records (55.5%).
- Recorded as male: 4,868 records (44.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 529 |
| 1950s | 1,283 |
| 1960s | 2,426 |
| 1970s | 2,568 |
| 1980s | 2,420 |
| 1990s | 1,482 |
| Other decades | 239 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,763 |
| Rajasthan | 2,782 |
| Maharashtra | 915 |
| Jharkhand | 777 |
| Bihar | 658 |
| Odisha | 523 |
| Karnataka | 437 |
| Uttarakhand | 199 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 153 |
| Assam | 150 |
| Delhi | 140 |
| Other states | 450 |
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, vasu, p. 931,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.