MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Chaitanya mean?
Chaitanya is the Sanskrit abstract noun for consciousness and sentience. Philosophical writing uses it for awareness and spirit. The bhakti teacher Chaitanya Mahaprabhu gives the name an additional devotional and literary association.
Pronunciation
IAST: caitanya
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
चैतन्य
Letter-by-letter: caitanya
Conventional spelling
Telugu
చైతన్య
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Chaitanya in Indian usage
8,382 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: 2,790 records (33.3%).
- Recorded as male: 5,592 records (66.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 240 |
| 1980s | 2,999 |
| 1990s | 5,043 |
| Other decades | 100 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 8,006 |
| Delhi | 252 |
| Other states | 124 |
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, caitanya, p. 402,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.