MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Janak mean?
Janaka is a Sanskrit producer or father word from jan, to be born. It also names the king who is Sita's father in the Ramayana. His court is at Mithila, the place behind the related title Mithilesh.
Pronunciation
IAST: janaka
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
जनक
Letter-by-letter: janaka
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਜਨਕ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Janak in Indian usage
59,681 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: 29,765 records (49.9%).
- Recorded as male: 29,916 records (50.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 3,313 |
| 1940s | 8,026 |
| 1950s | 11,074 |
| 1960s | 12,971 |
| 1970s | 10,632 |
| 1980s | 8,415 |
| 1990s | 4,525 |
| Other decades | 725 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 18,138 |
| Bihar | 14,025 |
| Punjab | 8,323 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 5,993 |
| Rajasthan | 3,265 |
| Haryana | 3,253 |
| Delhi | 1,820 |
| Jharkhand | 1,676 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1,340 |
| Uttarakhand | 686 |
| Assam | 454 |
| Chandigarh | 263 |
| Maharashtra | 138 |
| Other states | 307 |
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, janaka, p. 410,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.