MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Dhyan mean?
Dhyan is the Sanskrit noun for thought, reflection and sustained meditation. The term has a technical place in yoga and Buddhist accounts of meditative absorption.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
ध्यान
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Dhyan in Indian usage
10,761 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (94.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 596 records (5.5%).
- Recorded as male: 10,165 records (94.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 1,073 |
| 1950s | 1,821 |
| 1960s | 2,382 |
| 1970s | 2,151 |
| 1980s | 1,921 |
| 1990s | 999 |
| Other decades | 414 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,151 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 2,376 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,919 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 999 |
| Haryana | 751 |
| Rajasthan | 183 |
| Bihar | 178 |
| Other states | 204 |
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.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Dhyan / M | 23 | 1,226 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Dhyan; Table_6, C1243 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Dhyan; Table_6, C1243
- Monier-Williams, dhyāna, p. 521,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.