MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Dvaraka mean?
Dvaraka is the Sanskrit name of Krishna's capital. The city is associated with the western coast of Gujarat. Its traditional meaning is many-gated, from dvāra, gate or doorway.
Pronunciation
IAST: dvārakā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
द्वारका
Letter-by-letter: dvārakā
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Dvaraka in Indian usage
18,506 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 5,892 records (31.8%).
- Recorded as male: 12,614 records (68.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 575 |
| 1940s | 1,551 |
| 1950s | 2,901 |
| 1960s | 4,468 |
| 1970s | 4,227 |
| 1980s | 3,047 |
| 1990s | 1,629 |
| Other decades | 108 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 10,789 |
| Rajasthan | 5,784 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 909 |
| Haryana | 359 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 229 |
| Karnataka | 145 |
| Bihar | 116 |
| Other states | 175 |
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, dvārakā, p. 504,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.