MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Devanand mean?
Devanand combines deva, god, with ānanda, delight, giving the whole name the sense delight of the gods. In Sanskrit philosophical language, ānanda can also denote spiritual bliss.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
देवानन्द
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Devanand in Indian usage
14,919 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 656 |
| 1960s | 1,959 |
| 1970s | 3,845 |
| 1980s | 4,472 |
| 1990s | 3,756 |
| Other decades | 231 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 6,692 |
| Bihar | 4,442 |
| Jharkhand | 1,438 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 844 |
| Rajasthan | 839 |
| Uttarakhand | 344 |
| Other states | 320 |
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, devānanda, p. 495,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.