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INDIAN NAME REFERENCE

Jnaneshwar

Lord of knowledge

Jnaneshwar means “Lord of knowledge”.

Origin language
Sanskrit / Marathi / Hindi
First letter
J
Historical records
4,306

MEANING & CONTEXT

What does Jnaneshwar mean?

Jnaneshwar combines jñāna, knowledge, with īśvara, lord. The Marathi poet-saint Jnaneshwar composed the Jnaneshwari, a celebrated commentary on the Bhagavad Gita.

Spellings in Indian scripts

Devanagari

ज्ञानेश्वर

Conventional spelling

About spelling and pronunciation

HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS

Jnaneshwar in Indian usage

4,306 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.

These totals and margins describe the spelling ज्ञानेश्वर.

Mostly recorded for boys (92%) in these historical records.

  • Recorded as female: 344 records (8%).
  • Recorded as male: 3,962 records (92%).

By birth decade

Jnaneshwar: records by birth decade1950s: 2671950s1960s: 8131960s1970s: 1,2231970s1980s: 1,2891980s1990s: 7141990s
Recorded birth years 1910–2001.
Birth decadeRecords
1950s267
1960s813
1970s1,223
1980s1,289
1990s714

By state or territory

State / territoryRecords
Madhya Pradesh1,983
Maharashtra1,476
Other states847
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. Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001

  2. Monier-Williams, jñāna, p. 426,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  3. Monier-Williams, īśvara, p. 171,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.