MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bhima mean?
Bhima is the second of the five Pandava brothers in the Mahabharata, celebrated for his exceptional strength. His Sanskrit name describes something formidable or tremendous. Bhima is also a name of Shiva, giving the word an additional divine referent.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Kannada
ಭೀಮ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
भीम
Conventional spelling
Kannada
ಭೀಮಾ
1,352 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bhima in Indian usage
3,431 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (81.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 625 records (18.2%).
- Recorded as male: 2,806 records (81.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 292 |
| 1950s | 525 |
| 1960s | 695 |
| 1970s | 691 |
| 1980s | 666 |
| 1990s | 380 |
| Other decades | 182 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Karnataka | 1,483 |
| Odisha | 1,112 |
| Maharashtra | 332 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 216 |
| Other states | 288 |
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)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.