MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bhagirathi mean?
Bhagirathi names Ganga through the story of King Bhagiratha bringing the river to earth. It is also the name of an important Himalayan headstream of the Ganga, joining mythology with actual geography.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
भागीरथी
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
भगीरथी
Letter-by-letter: bhagīrathī
2,832 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bhagirathi in Indian usage
5,072 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: 3,617 records (71.3%).
- Recorded as male: 1,455 records (28.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 134 |
| 1930s | 553 |
| 1940s | 969 |
| 1950s | 1,038 |
| 1960s | 1,149 |
| 1970s | 727 |
| 1980s | 364 |
| Other decades | 138 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,902 |
| Bihar | 1,064 |
| Goa | 686 |
| Jharkhand | 424 |
| Uttarakhand | 316 |
| Haryana | 164 |
| Delhi | 114 |
| Odisha | 113 |
| Other states | 289 |
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, bhāgīrathī, p. 751,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: भागीरथी ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.