MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Mamata mean?
The Sanskrit possessive mama, mine, underlies mamatā and its sense of attachment. Hindi commonly uses the noun for tender affection, especially in caring relationships.
Pronunciation
IAST: mamatā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
ममता
Letter-by-letter: mamatā
Conventional spelling
Odia
ମମତା
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਮਮਤਾ
Conventional spelling
Bengali
মমতা
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Mamata in Indian usage
1,319,843 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,314,614 records (99.6%).
- Recorded as male: 5,229 records (0.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 1,005 |
| 1930s | 598 |
| 1940s | 2,136 |
| 1950s | 9,918 |
| 1960s | 63,452 |
| 1970s | 270,745 |
| 1980s | 563,161 |
| 1990s | 408,683 |
| Other decades | 145 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 371,124 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 218,986 |
| Bihar | 205,056 |
| Rajasthan | 184,556 |
| Odisha | 147,041 |
| Haryana | 61,066 |
| Jharkhand | 43,737 |
| Uttarakhand | 32,126 |
| Punjab | 25,052 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 13,631 |
| Assam | 5,545 |
| Tripura | 5,114 |
| Chandigarh | 1,942 |
| Karnataka | 1,591 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1,414 |
| Maharashtra | 545 |
| Delhi | 508 |
| Goa | 316 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 134 |
| Meghalaya | 110 |
| Other states | 249 |
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
- Wiktionary: ममता ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Wiktionary: Mamata ↗ (opens in a new tab)
origin
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.