MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Laxman mean?
Lakshmana is the devoted brother who accompanies Rama and Sita into exile in the Ramayana. His name belongs to the Sanskrit lakshman family of words for a mark or distinguishing sign. His twin brother is Shatrughna, another son of Sumitra.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
लक्ष्मण
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Laxman in Indian usage
9,456 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 486 |
| 1950s | 790 |
| 1960s | 1,246 |
| 1970s | 2,307 |
| 1980s | 2,890 |
| 1990s | 1,554 |
| Other decades | 183 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Delhi | 5,371 |
| Goa | 1,927 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1,505 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 167 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 132 |
| Meghalaya | 128 |
| Other states | 226 |
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, lakṣmaṇa, p. 892,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.