MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Giridhari mean?
Giridhari names Krishna as the bearer of a mountain. It recalls the story in which he lifts Govardhan to shelter the people of Braj from torrential rain.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
गिरिधारी
Conventional spelling
Odia
ଗିରିଧାରୀ
Conventional spelling
Odia
ଗିରିଧାରି
2,014 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Giridhari in Indian usage
2,096 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: 424 records (20.2%).
- Recorded as male: 1,672 records (79.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 210 |
| 1950s | 374 |
| 1960s | 442 |
| 1970s | 478 |
| 1980s | 287 |
| 1990s | 131 |
| Other decades | 174 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Other states | 2,096 |
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, giri, p. 355,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, dhārin, p. 515,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, kṛṣṇa, p. 306,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.