MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Hardev mean?
Hardev combines a divine name element with dev, deity. Har can reflect Hari, Vishnu, or Hara, Shiva, depending on the naming tradition.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Gurmukhi
ਹਰਦੇਵ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
हरदेव
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Hardev in Indian usage
54,151 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: 12,291 records (22.7%).
- Recorded as male: 41,860 records (77.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 2,523 |
| 1940s | 6,638 |
| 1950s | 9,974 |
| 1960s | 11,837 |
| 1970s | 10,335 |
| 1980s | 8,354 |
| 1990s | 3,948 |
| Other decades | 542 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Punjab | 20,641 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 12,779 |
| Bihar | 8,739 |
| Rajasthan | 4,705 |
| Haryana | 2,555 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,740 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1,120 |
| Jharkhand | 892 |
| Uttarakhand | 764 |
| Other states | 216 |
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: ਹਰਿ ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, deva, p. 492,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.