MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Mahabir mean?
Mahabir is a north Indian form of Mahavir, literally a great hero. Mahavira is a Sanskrit name of Hanuman. It is also the title of the last Tirthankara, giving the name a separate Jain literary and religious association.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
महावीर
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
महाबीर
Letter-by-letter: mahābīra
31,412 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Mahabir in Indian usage
34,089 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 154 records (0.5%).
- Recorded as male: 33,935 records (99.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 932 |
| 1940s | 3,420 |
| 1950s | 7,158 |
| 1960s | 8,804 |
| 1970s | 6,575 |
| 1980s | 4,726 |
| 1990s | 2,243 |
| Other decades | 231 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Haryana | 16,513 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 5,133 |
| Jharkhand | 3,977 |
| Bihar | 2,539 |
| Rajasthan | 2,407 |
| Delhi | 910 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 854 |
| Uttarakhand | 771 |
| Punjab | 328 |
| Odisha | 259 |
| Other states | 398 |
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, mahāvīra, p. 800,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.