MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bholanath mean?
Bholanath is a recorded name of Shiva. In living Hindi devotion, bholā evokes guilelessness and nāth means “lord”, shaping the affectionate understanding of this title.
Pronunciation
IAST: bholānātha
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
भोलानाथ
Letter-by-letter: bholānātha
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bholanath in Indian usage
12,676 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling भोलानाथ.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 957 |
| 1950s | 2,057 |
| 1960s | 2,835 |
| 1970s | 2,915 |
| 1980s | 2,540 |
| 1990s | 1,099 |
| Other decades | 273 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 9,009 |
| Jharkhand | 2,639 |
| Bihar | 756 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 272 |
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, bholānātha, p. 768,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: भोलानाथ ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.