MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Dadan mean?
The Sanskrit noun dadana denotes giving. Dadan continues the giving-related word as an eastern North Indian personal name, though its vernacular use is broader than the grammatical noun.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
ददन
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Dadan in Indian usage
12,682 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 220 records (1.7%).
- Recorded as male: 12,462 records (98.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 622 |
| 1950s | 1,662 |
| 1960s | 3,344 |
| 1970s | 3,790 |
| 1980s | 2,194 |
| 1990s | 865 |
| Other decades | 205 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 7,926 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,157 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,744 |
| Jharkhand | 566 |
| Delhi | 120 |
| Other states | 169 |
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, dadana, p. 467,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.