MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Mahadev mean?
Mahādeva combines mahā, great, and deva, god, as an established Shiva title. The Sanskrit mahā prefix conveys greatness before deva, a deity. Shiva's traditional family includes Parvati and their sons Ganesha and Skanda.
Pronunciation
IAST: mahādeva
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
महादेव
Letter-by-letter: mahādeva
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Mahadev in Indian usage
79,994 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (97.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 2,059 records (2.6%).
- Recorded as male: 77,935 records (97.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 3,714 |
| 1940s | 9,467 |
| 1950s | 13,701 |
| 1960s | 16,607 |
| 1970s | 14,981 |
| 1980s | 12,843 |
| 1990s | 7,793 |
| Other decades | 888 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 19,237 |
| Jharkhand | 18,006 |
| Bihar | 17,198 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 10,598 |
| Rajasthan | 6,814 |
| Maharashtra | 3,704 |
| Goa | 2,075 |
| Uttarakhand | 788 |
| Haryana | 415 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 328 |
| Punjab | 222 |
| Delhi | 202 |
| Other states | 407 |
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
- Behind the Name: Mahadev ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Wiktionary: महादेव ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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