MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bhole mean?
Bhole is an affectionate form of bholā, “innocent or guileless”. In devotional speech it addresses Shiva as Bholenath, the easily pleased lord.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
भोले
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bhole in Indian usage
13,132 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling भोले.
Mostly recorded for boys (86.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,816 records (13.8%).
- Recorded as male: 11,316 records (86.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 125 |
| 1940s | 522 |
| 1950s | 983 |
| 1960s | 1,936 |
| 1970s | 2,813 |
| 1980s | 3,999 |
| 1990s | 2,754 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 7,704 |
| Maharashtra | 3,167 |
| Other states | 2,261 |
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)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.