MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Gandhab mean?
Gandhab is an Odia vernacular form of Gandharva. Gandharvas are celestial beings connected with singing and music in Indian epic and religious literature.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
गन्धब
Conventional spelling
Odia
ଗନ୍ଧବ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Gandhab in Indian usage
3,618 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: 1,475 records (40.8%).
- Recorded as male: 2,143 records (59.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 433 |
| 1940s | 671 |
| 1950s | 806 |
| 1960s | 699 |
| 1970s | 576 |
| 1980s | 261 |
| Other decades | 172 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 3,618 |
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, gandharva, p. 346,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.