MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Devan mean?
Sanskrit devana has a sense of shining or splendour. The same word also denotes play or pastime, giving Devan more than one documented lexical interpretation.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
देवन
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Devan in Indian usage
8,889 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (91.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 739 records (8.3%).
- Recorded as male: 8,150 records (91.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 742 |
| 1950s | 1,402 |
| 1960s | 2,047 |
| 1970s | 1,953 |
| 1980s | 1,464 |
| 1990s | 944 |
| Other decades | 337 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 5,416 |
| Kerala | 1,144 |
| Jharkhand | 513 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 429 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 352 |
| Maharashtra | 296 |
| Delhi | 201 |
| Haryana | 104 |
| Other states | 434 |
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, devana, p. 495,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.