MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Devdatt mean?
Devadatta describes a gift from a deity through deva, god, and datta, given. In the Mahabharata it names Arjuna's conch. Buddhist narratives also know Devadatta as a cousin and opponent of the Buddha.
Pronunciation
IAST: devadatta
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
देवदत्त
Letter-by-letter: devadatta
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Devdatt in Indian usage
8,494 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling देवदत्त.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 128 |
| 1940s | 504 |
| 1950s | 992 |
| 1960s | 1,517 |
| 1970s | 1,776 |
| 1980s | 2,090 |
| 1990s | 1,487 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 7,233 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 676 |
| Rajasthan | 284 |
| Bihar | 197 |
| Other states | 104 |
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, devadatta, p. 493,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.