MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bhishma mean?
Bhishma is the son of Shantanu and Ganga in the Mahabharata. His celebrated vow explains his epic name, whose Sanskrit adjective means formidable or fearsome. Bhishma is also recorded as a name of Shiva.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
भीष्म
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bhishma in Indian usage
4,305 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling भीष्म.
Mostly recorded for boys (97.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 100 records (2.3%).
- Recorded as male: 4,205 records (97.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 329 |
| 1960s | 689 |
| 1970s | 916 |
| 1980s | 1,272 |
| 1990s | 964 |
| Other decades | 135 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,719 |
| Bihar | 726 |
| Jharkhand | 342 |
| Haryana | 166 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 122 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 120 |
| Rajasthan | 110 |
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, bhīṣma, p. 758,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.