MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bhaula mean?
Bhaula belongs to the Punjabi use of Bhola, an affectionate word for someone guileless or innocent. Bhola is also a familiar epithet of Shiva, especially in the address Bholenath.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
भोला
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਭੋਲਾ
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਭੌਲਾ
2,356 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bhaula in Indian usage
2,708 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (92.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 198 records (7.3%).
- Recorded as male: 2,510 records (92.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 173 |
| 1950s | 338 |
| 1960s | 714 |
| 1970s | 798 |
| 1980s | 492 |
| Other decades | 193 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Punjab | 2,432 |
| Other states | 276 |
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, śiva, p. 1074,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.