MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Devaki mean?
Devakī is the mother of Krishna in epic and Puranic narratives and belongs to the deva-related divine word family. Vasudeva and Devaki are Krishna's parents in the birth narratives.
Pronunciation
IAST: devakī
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
देवकी
Letter-by-letter: devakī
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Devaki in Indian usage
153,726 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (89.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 137,119 records (89.2%).
- Recorded as male: 16,607 records (10.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 1,870 |
| 1930s | 9,502 |
| 1940s | 20,027 |
| 1950s | 27,494 |
| 1960s | 31,636 |
| 1970s | 25,228 |
| 1980s | 21,766 |
| 1990s | 16,094 |
| Other decades | 109 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 30,756 |
| Kerala | 29,734 |
| Bihar | 24,235 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 21,351 |
| Uttarakhand | 17,814 |
| Jharkhand | 10,592 |
| Rajasthan | 6,738 |
| Haryana | 3,163 |
| Karnataka | 2,814 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 2,093 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1,686 |
| Punjab | 1,537 |
| Puducherry | 405 |
| Goa | 233 |
| Delhi | 225 |
| Chandigarh | 165 |
| Other states | 185 |
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
- Behind the Name: Devaki ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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