MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bhadra mean?
Bhadra is the feminine of Sanskrit bhadra, a word for what is auspicious or good. Classical texts use Bhadra as a name of a wife of Krishna. The same name also denotes a form of Durga.
Pronunciation
IAST: bhadrā
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
भद्रा
Letter-by-letter: bhadrā
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bhadra in Indian usage
1,343 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: 639 records (47.6%).
- Recorded as male: 704 records (52.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 174 |
| 1960s | 290 |
| 1970s | 261 |
| 1980s | 281 |
| 1990s | 215 |
| Other decades | 122 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 506 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 372 |
| Kerala | 337 |
| Other states | 128 |
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, bhadra, p. 745,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, bhadrā, p. 746,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.