MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Buddhan mean?
Buddhan is a vernacular personal form based on buddha, “awakened” or “understood”. Gautama Buddha is the central cultural referent of this name group, remembered for his awakening and teaching.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बुद्धन
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Buddhan in Indian usage
3,178 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 878 records (27.6%).
- Recorded as male: 2,300 records (72.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 361 |
| 1950s | 532 |
| 1960s | 675 |
| 1970s | 682 |
| 1980s | 534 |
| 1990s | 190 |
| Other decades | 204 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,537 |
| Bihar | 949 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 423 |
| Other states | 269 |
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, buddha, p. 733,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.