MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Jatin mean?
Jatin comes from Sanskrit jaṭin, one who wears matted locks. The word denotes an ascetic and is also an epithet of Shiva, whose matted hair is central to his imagery. Its Sanskrit -in ending expresses possession of the matted locks.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
जटिन
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਜਤਿਨ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
जतिन
Letter-by-letter: jatina
7,699 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Jatin in Indian usage
13,877 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 107 records (0.8%).
- Recorded as male: 13,770 records (99.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 154 |
| 1970s | 669 |
| 1980s | 3,799 |
| 1990s | 9,148 |
| Other decades | 107 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,878 |
| Haryana | 2,665 |
| Punjab | 2,586 |
| Delhi | 2,527 |
| Rajasthan | 1,133 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 635 |
| Uttarakhand | 431 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 209 |
| Chandigarh | 146 |
| Assam | 112 |
| Kerala | 102 |
| Bihar | 101 |
| Other states | 352 |
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, jaṭin, p. 409,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.