MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bhan mean?
Bhāna covers both light and perception in Sanskrit. Hindi bhān particularly preserves the sense of awareness, so the name connects illumination with understanding.
Pronunciation
IAST: bhāna
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
भान
Letter-by-letter: bhāna
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਭਾਨ
1,615 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bhan in Indian usage
12,974 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: 3,710 records (28.6%).
- Recorded as male: 9,264 records (71.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 582 |
| 1940s | 1,126 |
| 1950s | 1,761 |
| 1960s | 2,309 |
| 1970s | 2,433 |
| 1980s | 2,600 |
| 1990s | 1,986 |
| Other decades | 177 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,898 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,738 |
| Punjab | 1,757 |
| Haryana | 1,497 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 643 |
| Rajasthan | 610 |
| Maharashtra | 246 |
| Gujarat | 196 |
| Bihar | 120 |
| Other states | 269 |
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, bhāna, p. 751,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.