MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bhagu mean?
Bhagu is a familiar regional form in the Bhag name group. Its base bhaga denotes a share, fortune or prosperity in Sanskrit.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
भगु
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bhagu in Indian usage
1,583 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: 426 records (26.9%).
- Recorded as male: 1,157 records (73.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 229 |
| 1960s | 367 |
| 1970s | 335 |
| 1980s | 316 |
| 1990s | 182 |
| Other decades | 154 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 859 |
| Odisha | 200 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 184 |
| Bihar | 116 |
| Other states | 224 |
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, bhaga, p. 743,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, bhāga, p. 751,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.