MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Devayani mean?
Devayani is the daughter of Shukra and the wife of Yayati in the Mahabharata. Her sons Yadu and Turvasu connect her story with important royal genealogies in Sanskrit narrative. The name is also established in southern Indian personal use.
Pronunciation
IAST: devayānī
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
देवयानी
Letter-by-letter: devayānī
Conventional spelling
Malayalam
ദേവയാനി
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Devayani in Indian usage
8,459 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 |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 1,253 |
| 1950s | 2,120 |
| 1960s | 2,068 |
| 1970s | 1,187 |
| 1980s | 567 |
| 1990s | 660 |
| Other decades | 604 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 6,605 |
| Jharkhand | 286 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 271 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 267 |
| Rajasthan | 251 |
| Bihar | 210 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 190 |
| Other states | 379 |
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, devayānī, p. 494,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.