MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Mandar mean?
Mandar names the coral tree, counted among the trees of paradise in Sanskrit literature. The related mountain name Mandara denotes a sacred mountain. It serves as the churning rod in the story of the ocean’s churning.
Pronunciation
IAST: mandāra
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मंदार
Letter-by-letter: mandāra
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Mandar in Indian usage
1,389 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (86.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 182 records (13.1%).
- Recorded as male: 1,207 records (86.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 204 |
| 1960s | 339 |
| 1970s | 296 |
| 1980s | 240 |
| 1990s | 181 |
| Other decades | 129 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 334 |
| Odisha | 306 |
| Goa | 293 |
| Haryana | 278 |
| Other states | 178 |
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, mandāra, p. 788,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, mandara, p. 788,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.