MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Gangu mean?
Gangu is an affectionate form of names built on Ganga. The Ganga is both the river and its personified goddess in Indian sacred literature.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
गंगू
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Gangu in Indian usage
1,687 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling गंगू.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 472 records (28%).
- Recorded as male: 1,215 records (72%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 311 |
| 1950s | 344 |
| 1960s | 434 |
| 1970s | 305 |
| Other decades | 293 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,020 |
| Other states | 667 |
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, gaṅgā, p. 341,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.