MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Gajan mean?
Gajan is a vernacular form connected with garjan, roaring or thunder. The word describes a resonant cry and is used of clouds and powerful animals.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
गजन
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਗਜਨ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Gajan in Indian usage
5,848 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: 1,338 records (22.9%).
- Recorded as male: 4,510 records (77.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 308 |
| 1940s | 700 |
| 1950s | 863 |
| 1960s | 1,044 |
| 1970s | 1,030 |
| 1980s | 1,137 |
| 1990s | 656 |
| Other decades | 110 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Punjab | 2,628 |
| Gujarat | 1,489 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 363 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 334 |
| Haryana | 312 |
| Bihar | 225 |
| Rajasthan | 158 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 111 |
| Other states | 228 |
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, garjana, p. 349,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.