MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bhaga mean?
Bhaga belongs to the Sanskrit-Hindi family of bhāg, “share or fortune”. In personal naming that vocabulary expresses a fortunate lot or blessing.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
भागा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bhaga in Indian usage
12,964 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: 6,901 records (53.2%).
- Recorded as male: 6,063 records (46.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 850 |
| 1940s | 1,811 |
| 1950s | 2,502 |
| 1960s | 3,008 |
| 1970s | 2,308 |
| 1980s | 1,503 |
| 1990s | 701 |
| Other decades | 281 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 6,157 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,331 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,844 |
| Haryana | 1,498 |
| Punjab | 428 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 324 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 106 |
| Other states | 276 |
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, bhāga, p. 751,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.