MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Guradev mean?
Guradev joins gur or guru with deva, divine or revered. Gurudev is also a respectful address for a teacher.
Pronunciation
IAST: guradeva
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
गुरदेव
Letter-by-letter: guradeva
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਗੁਰਦੇਵ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Guradev in Indian usage
81,487 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: 33,651 records (41.3%).
- Recorded as male: 47,836 records (58.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 9,075 |
| 1940s | 19,737 |
| 1950s | 17,480 |
| 1960s | 12,869 |
| 1970s | 9,013 |
| 1980s | 8,032 |
| 1990s | 3,663 |
| Other decades | 1,618 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Punjab | 68,056 |
| Haryana | 7,733 |
| Rajasthan | 2,666 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 971 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 761 |
| Uttarakhand | 605 |
| Chandigarh | 411 |
| Bihar | 153 |
| Other states | 131 |
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
- Wiktionary: ਗੁਰੂ ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, deva, p. 492,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.