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INDIAN NAME REFERENCE

Jagdish

Lord of the world; a title of Vishnu, Shiva or Brahma

Jagdish means “Lord of the world; a title of Vishnu, Shiva or Brahma”.

Origin language
Sanskrit / Hindi
First letter
J
Historical records
18,234

MEANING & CONTEXT

What does Jagdish mean?

Jagdish combines jagat, the world, with īśa, lord. The whole Sanskrit title is applied to Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva in different texts.

Pronunciation

IAST: jagadīśa

Meaning themes

Spellings in Indian scripts

Devanagari

जगदीश

Letter-by-letter: jagadīśa

Conventional spelling

About spelling and pronunciation

HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS

Jagdish in Indian usage

18,234 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.

Mostly recorded for boys (98.8%) in these historical records.

  • Recorded as female: 219 records (1.2%).
  • Recorded as male: 18,015 records (98.8%).

By birth decade

Jagdish: records by birth decade1940s: 1,9871940s1950s: 2,5701950s1960s: 2,7521960s1970s: 4,6091970s1980s: 4,9191980s1990s: 8741990sOther decades: 523Other decades
Recorded birth years 1910–2001.
Birth decadeRecords
1940s1,987
1950s2,570
1960s2,752
1970s4,609
1980s4,919
1990s874
Other decades523

By state or territory

State / territoryRecords
Delhi16,107
Andhra Pradesh1,386
Goa260
Andaman and Nicobar Islands143
Other states338
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. Given-name entry (Wikidata): Jagdish ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Given-name spelling

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

    Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001

  3. Monier-Williams, jagadīśa, p. 408,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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