MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bhim mean?
The Sanskrit adjective bhīma expresses what is formidable or awe-inspiring. In the Mahabharata, Bhima is the Pandava associated with exceptional physical strength. His preferred weapon in the epic is the mace, also called the gada.
Pronunciation
IAST: bhīma
Meaning themes
mahabharatastrength
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
भीम
Letter-by-letter: bhīma
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਭੀਮ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bhim in Indian usage
116,899 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (97.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 2,437 records (2.1%).
- Recorded as male: 114,462 records (97.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,861 |
| 1940s | 5,435 |
| 1950s | 11,367 |
| 1960s | 18,703 |
| 1970s | 23,020 |
| 1980s | 29,527 |
| 1990s | 26,418 |
| Other decades | 568 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 27,737 |
| Bihar | 23,236 |
| Haryana | 15,402 |
| Jharkhand | 15,150 |
| Rajasthan | 9,271 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 6,269 |
| Uttarakhand | 5,224 |
| Punjab | 4,609 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 3,861 |
| Sikkim | 1,713 |
| Delhi | 1,531 |
| Assam | 1,148 |
| Manipur | 365 |
| Meghalaya | 237 |
| Chandigarh | 234 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 198 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 141 |
| Maharashtra | 125 |
| Gujarat | 116 |
| Tripura | 110 |
| Other states | 222 |
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, bhīma, p. 758,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: Bhima ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Wiktionary: भीम ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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