MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Devka mean?
Devka is recorded in Sanskrit as a familiar shortening of Devadattika. That longer name is formed from the idea of something given by a deity.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
देवका
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Devka in Indian usage
5,710 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (97.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 5,587 records (97.8%).
- Recorded as male: 123 records (2.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 561 |
| 1950s | 812 |
| 1960s | 1,143 |
| 1970s | 1,288 |
| 1980s | 972 |
| 1990s | 622 |
| Other decades | 312 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 4,728 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 719 |
| Other states | 263 |
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, devakā, p. 495,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.