MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Govardhan mean?
Govardhan is the hill near Mathura central to Krishna's sheltering of the cowherds. Its name combines go, cattle, with vardhana, nourishment or increase. The storm in that story is sent by Indra, the rain deity.
Pronunciation
IAST: govardhana
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
गोवर्धन
Letter-by-letter: govardhana
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Govardhan in Indian usage
36,548 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (95.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,661 records (4.5%).
- Recorded as male: 34,887 records (95.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 913 |
| 1940s | 2,629 |
| 1950s | 4,628 |
| 1960s | 6,800 |
| 1970s | 7,325 |
| 1980s | 7,965 |
| 1990s | 6,097 |
| Other decades | 191 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 8,988 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 7,615 |
| Rajasthan | 5,501 |
| Jharkhand | 4,313 |
| Bihar | 3,589 |
| Maharashtra | 2,619 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2,087 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 572 |
| Uttarakhand | 506 |
| Haryana | 407 |
| Delhi | 157 |
| Other states | 194 |
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, govardhana, p. 366,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.