MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kanhaiya mean?
Braj songs and stories of Krishna's childhood use the affectionate name Kanhaiya. Kanha is the shorter vernacular Krishna form within the name. The childhood stories describe Krishna growing up with Nanda and Yashoda.
Pronunciation
IAST: kanhaiyā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कन्हैया
Letter-by-letter: kanhaiyā
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kanhaiya in Indian usage
176,636 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,267 records (0.7%).
- Recorded as male: 175,369 records (99.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 3,344 |
| 1940s | 9,531 |
| 1950s | 18,028 |
| 1960s | 29,018 |
| 1970s | 35,369 |
| 1980s | 42,390 |
| 1990s | 38,256 |
| Other decades | 700 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 70,102 |
| Bihar | 50,241 |
| Rajasthan | 30,449 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 16,093 |
| Jharkhand | 4,767 |
| Haryana | 2,808 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,408 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 405 |
| Maharashtra | 200 |
| Other states | 163 |
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
- Wiktionary: कन्हैया ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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