MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Jodha mean?
Jodha is a northern vernacular form related to Sanskrit yodha, warrior. The name also has a place connection through Rao Jodha, the founder after whom Jodhpur was named.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
जोधा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Jodha in Indian usage
7,109 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (95.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 310 records (4.4%).
- Recorded as male: 6,799 records (95.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 479 |
| 1940s | 962 |
| 1950s | 1,306 |
| 1960s | 1,509 |
| 1970s | 1,148 |
| 1980s | 965 |
| 1990s | 639 |
| Other decades | 101 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 2,430 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,503 |
| Punjab | 1,060 |
| Haryana | 537 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 498 |
| Bihar | 360 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 192 |
| Uttarakhand | 176 |
| Jharkhand | 163 |
| Other states | 190 |
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, yodha, p. 858,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.