MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bhakt mean?
Bhakt comes from Sanskrit bhakta, a person devoted to a deity or teacher. In the devotional literature of India it describes a worshipper whose relationship is expressed through bhakti. The underlying adjective can also describe loyalty or attachment to a person.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
भक्त
Conventional spelling
Odia
ଭକ୍ତ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bhakt in Indian usage
3,909 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (80.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 769 records (19.7%).
- Recorded as male: 3,140 records (80.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 372 |
| 1960s | 705 |
| 1970s | 787 |
| 1980s | 1,071 |
| 1990s | 709 |
| Other decades | 265 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Other states | 3,909 |
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, bhakta, p. 743,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.