MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Braham mean?
Braham represents Brahm, from Sanskrit brahman in its neuter sense of the absolute reality. Indian philosophical texts distinguish this impersonal principle from the creator deity Brahma.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
ब्रह्म
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
ब्रहम
Letter-by-letter: brahama
15,266 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Braham in Indian usage
27,643 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (92.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 2,032 records (7.4%).
- Recorded as male: 25,611 records (92.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,011 |
| 1940s | 2,898 |
| 1950s | 5,538 |
| 1960s | 7,002 |
| 1970s | 5,339 |
| 1980s | 3,686 |
| 1990s | 1,945 |
| Other decades | 224 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 9,527 |
| Bihar | 6,160 |
| Haryana | 4,096 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2,565 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1,041 |
| Punjab | 892 |
| Delhi | 805 |
| Rajasthan | 799 |
| Uttarakhand | 647 |
| Jharkhand | 602 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 223 |
| Assam | 130 |
| Other states | 156 |
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, brahma, p. 738,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.