MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Brindaban mean?
Brindaban is an eastern form of Vrindavan, the sacred landscape of Krishna's childhood stories. The name joins vṛndā, holy basil, and vana, forest, recalling a grove of tulsi. The same word also names a raised platform where devotees grow tulsi.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
वृन्दावन
Conventional spelling
Odia
ବୃନ୍ଦାବନ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Brindaban in Indian usage
15,870 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (92.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,261 records (7.9%).
- Recorded as male: 14,609 records (92.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 626 |
| 1950s | 1,032 |
| 1960s | 11,342 |
| 1970s | 1,144 |
| 1980s | 888 |
| 1990s | 418 |
| Other decades | 420 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 15,870 |
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, vṛndāvana, p. 1011,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.