MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Dam mean?
Dam is a familiar Odia short form of Damodara. Damodara names Krishna in the story of Yashoda binding him with a cord around his waist.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Odia
ଦାମ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
दाम
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Dam in Indian usage
2,835 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: 593 records (20.9%).
- Recorded as male: 2,242 records (79.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 300 |
| 1950s | 473 |
| 1960s | 592 |
| 1970s | 525 |
| 1980s | 491 |
| 1990s | 226 |
| Other decades | 228 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Other states | 2,835 |
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, dāmodara, p. 474,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.