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INDIAN NAME REFERENCE

Giradhar

Krishna, lifter of the mountain

Giradhar means “Krishna, lifter of the mountain”.

Origin language
Hindi / Sanskrit
First letter
G
Historical records
8,049

MEANING & CONTEXT

What does Giradhar mean?

Giradhar is the familiar Hindi form of Giridhara, a title of Krishna. It recalls the story in which Krishna lifts Govardhan to shelter the people and cattle of Braj from the storm.

Meaning themes

Spellings in Indian scripts

Devanagari

गिरधर

Conventional spelling

About spelling and pronunciation

HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS

Giradhar in Indian usage

8,049 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.

Mostly recorded for boys (93.6%) in these historical records.

  • Recorded as female: 518 records (6.4%).
  • Recorded as male: 7,531 records (93.6%).

By birth decade

Giradhar: records by birth decade1940s: 5441940s1950s: 9981950s1960s: 1,6261960s1970s: 1,5331970s1980s: 1,8011980s1990s: 1,2991990sOther decades: 248Other decades
Recorded birth years 1910–2001.
Birth decadeRecords
1940s544
1950s998
1960s1,626
1970s1,533
1980s1,801
1990s1,299
Other decades248

By state or territory

State / territoryRecords
Rajasthan2,732
Uttar Pradesh1,841
Madhya Pradesh1,069
Bihar780
Uttarakhand725
Maharashtra407
Haryana215
Jharkhand108
Other states172
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

  1. Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001

  2. Monier-Williams, kṛṣṇa, p. 306,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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