MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Madhusudan mean?
Madhusudan recalls Krishna as the destroyer of the demon Madhu. Its second element, sūdana, denotes slaying, making the whole name a specific divine epithet. In the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna addresses Krishna by this epithet.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मधुसूदन
Conventional spelling
Odia
ମଧୁସୂଦନ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Madhusudan in Indian usage
16,325 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (81%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 3,108 records (19%).
- Recorded as male: 13,217 records (81%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 624 |
| 1940s | 1,221 |
| 1950s | 2,243 |
| 1960s | 3,023 |
| 1970s | 3,613 |
| 1980s | 3,466 |
| 1990s | 1,979 |
| Other decades | 156 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Other states | 16,325 |
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, madhusūdana, p. 780,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.