MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Mahindra mean?
Mahindra is a conventional regional form of Mahendra. The whole Sanskrit title means great Indra. Classical usage can also apply it to Vishnu or Shiva.
Pronunciation
IAST: mahendra
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
महेन्द्र
Letter-by-letter: mahendra
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
महिन्द्र
Letter-by-letter: mahindra
21,286 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
महिंद्र
Letter-by-letter: mahiṃdra
1,580 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Mahindra in Indian usage
25,005 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (83.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 4,153 records (16.6%).
- Recorded as male: 20,852 records (83.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 914 |
| 1940s | 2,292 |
| 1950s | 4,601 |
| 1960s | 6,309 |
| 1970s | 6,190 |
| 1980s | 3,572 |
| 1990s | 838 |
| Other decades | 289 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Haryana | 15,373 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 6,511 |
| Bihar | 1,452 |
| Jharkhand | 506 |
| Chandigarh | 349 |
| Rajasthan | 191 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 186 |
| Assam | 181 |
| Maharashtra | 100 |
| Other states | 156 |
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, mahendra, p. 802,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.