MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bhup mean?
Bhup comes from Sanskrit bhūpa, a word for a king or prince. Its literal construction evokes protection of the earth, making the royal meaning part of the whole word itself.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
भूप
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bhup in Indian usage
29,649 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 592 records (2%).
- Recorded as male: 29,057 records (98%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 824 |
| 1940s | 2,560 |
| 1950s | 4,601 |
| 1960s | 7,111 |
| 1970s | 6,341 |
| 1980s | 5,240 |
| 1990s | 2,799 |
| Other decades | 173 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 12,643 |
| Haryana | 8,839 |
| Rajasthan | 2,887 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 2,180 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,059 |
| Bihar | 657 |
| Uttarakhand | 583 |
| Punjab | 566 |
| Other states | 235 |
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, bhūpa, p. 761,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.