MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Mangala mean?
The Sanskrit maṅgala family expresses welfare and auspiciousness. Its feminine form Mangala is also a name of Uma, linking the word with the goddess tradition.
Pronunciation
IAST: maṅgalā
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मंगला
Letter-by-letter: maṅgalā
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Mangala in Indian usage
52,215 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 29,962 records (57.4%).
- Recorded as male: 22,253 records (42.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,690 |
| 1940s | 4,102 |
| 1950s | 7,281 |
| 1960s | 10,666 |
| 1970s | 10,761 |
| 1980s | 11,035 |
| 1990s | 6,279 |
| Other decades | 401 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 15,544 |
| Rajasthan | 11,062 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 9,951 |
| Jharkhand | 4,684 |
| Karnataka | 3,951 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,986 |
| Bihar | 1,501 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1,376 |
| Maharashtra | 1,292 |
| Haryana | 621 |
| Other states | 247 |
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, maṅgala, p. 772,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, maṅgalā, p. 772,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.