MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Makkhan mean?
Makkhan is the Hindi and Punjabi word for butter. In devotional storytelling, butter is especially connected with Krishna's childhood and his playful stealing from household pots.
Meaning themes
softness
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मक्खन
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Makkhan in Indian usage
15,775 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (90.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,475 records (9.4%).
- Recorded as male: 14,300 records (90.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 595 |
| 1940s | 1,586 |
| 1950s | 2,387 |
| 1960s | 3,441 |
| 1970s | 3,219 |
| 1980s | 2,816 |
| 1990s | 1,607 |
| Other decades | 124 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 5,755 |
| Rajasthan | 4,758 |
| Haryana | 1,943 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,732 |
| Bihar | 664 |
| Uttarakhand | 537 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 209 |
| Other states | 177 |
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