MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Gangadhar mean?
Gangadhar names Shiva as the bearer of the Ganga. The title recalls the river’s heavenly descent being caught in his matted hair. Sanskrit also uses the compound for the ocean as receiver of the Ganges.
Pronunciation
IAST: gaṅgādhara
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
गंगाधर
Letter-by-letter: gaṅgādhara
Conventional spelling
Odia
ଗଙ୍ଗାଧର
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Gangadhar in Indian usage
22,173 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (88.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 2,483 records (11.2%).
- Recorded as male: 19,690 records (88.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 526 |
| 1940s | 999 |
| 1950s | 1,957 |
| 1960s | 2,709 |
| 1970s | 12,747 |
| 1980s | 1,935 |
| 1990s | 1,167 |
| Other decades | 133 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 22,173 |
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, gaṅgādhara, p. 341,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.