MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bhab mean?
Odia bhab continues Sanskrit bhava, a word covering feeling, intention and a state of being. In devotional language it often denotes the inward sentiment with which worship is offered.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
भाब
Conventional spelling
Odia
ଭାବ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bhab in Indian usage
2,211 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: 1,171 records (53%).
- Recorded as male: 1,040 records (47%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 162 |
| 1940s | 253 |
| 1950s | 403 |
| 1960s | 427 |
| 1970s | 440 |
| 1980s | 326 |
| Other decades | 200 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Other states | 2,211 |
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, bhāva, p. 754,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.