MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Lakhan mean?
Ramayana songs and the paired expression Ram-Lakhan use Lakhan for Lakshmana. The reduced consonant cluster reflects vernacular development from Lakshmana. Lakshmana is Rama's younger brother and the husband of Urmila in the epic.
Pronunciation
IAST: lakhana
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
लखन
Letter-by-letter: lakhana
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Lakhan in Indian usage
190,379 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (97.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 5,520 records (2.9%).
- Recorded as male: 184,859 records (97.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 4,031 |
| 1940s | 11,035 |
| 1950s | 20,705 |
| 1960s | 32,754 |
| 1970s | 38,005 |
| 1980s | 42,437 |
| 1990s | 40,294 |
| Other decades | 1,118 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 67,154 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 41,080 |
| Bihar | 29,819 |
| Jharkhand | 26,184 |
| Rajasthan | 13,079 |
| Maharashtra | 4,790 |
| Haryana | 2,439 |
| Delhi | 1,887 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,377 |
| Gujarat | 1,075 |
| Punjab | 663 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 248 |
| Assam | 147 |
| Other states | 437 |
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: लखन ↗ (opens in a new tab)
origin
- Behind the Name: Lakshmana ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Wisdom Library: Lakshmana ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.