MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Madhur mean?
Madhur is the Sanskrit adjective for sweetness and delight. It applies both to pleasant taste and to a melodious voice, giving the name sensory and musical associations.
Pronunciation
IAST: madhura
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मधुर
Letter-by-letter: madhura
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Madhur in Indian usage
6,147 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 1,585 records (25.8%).
- Recorded as male: 4,562 records (74.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 348 |
| 1960s | 591 |
| 1970s | 955 |
| 1980s | 1,973 |
| 1990s | 2,085 |
| Other decades | 195 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,853 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 847 |
| Bihar | 672 |
| Haryana | 427 |
| Rajasthan | 371 |
| Jharkhand | 201 |
| Uttarakhand | 195 |
| Punjab | 183 |
| Delhi | 164 |
| Other states | 234 |
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, madhura, p. 781,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.