MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bhalu mean?
Odia bhalu and Hindi bhālū are familiar words for a bear. The older Sanskrit noun bhallūka supplies the animal-word behind this affectionate personal name.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
भालू
Conventional spelling
Odia
ଭାଲୁ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bhalu in Indian usage
2,660 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: 1,165 records (43.8%).
- Recorded as male: 1,495 records (56.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 265 |
| 1950s | 396 |
| 1960s | 533 |
| 1970s | 567 |
| 1980s | 453 |
| 1990s | 241 |
| Other decades | 205 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 1,447 |
| Gujarat | 835 |
| Other states | 378 |
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, bhalluka, p. 748,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, bhallūka, p. 748,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.