MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ganesha mean?
Ganesha is the elephant-headed deity known as the lord of the gaṇas, the divine hosts. He is traditionally invoked at the start of new undertakings and is the son of Shiva and Parvati. His role as a remover of obstacles explains that place in ceremonies.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
गणेश
Conventional spelling
Odia
ଗଣେଶ
Conventional spelling
Kannada
ಗಣೇಶ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
गणेशा
Letter-by-letter: gaṇeśā
3,686 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
गनेशा
Letter-by-letter: ganeśā
3,201 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Odia
ଗଣେଷ
8,716 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ganesha in Indian usage
14,187 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (87.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,733 records (12.2%).
- Recorded as male: 12,454 records (87.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 231 |
| 1950s | 649 |
| 1960s | 1,230 |
| 1970s | 2,861 |
| 1980s | 5,468 |
| 1990s | 3,600 |
| Other decades | 148 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 8,767 |
| Karnataka | 3,727 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1,208 |
| Other states | 485 |
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, gaṇeśa, p. 343,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.