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INDIAN NAME REFERENCE

Mangesh

Shiva as Mangesh

Mangesh means “Shiva as Mangesh”.

Origin language
Marathi / Sanskrit / Hindi
First letter
M
Historical records
6,795

MEANING & CONTEXT

What does Mangesh mean?

Mangesh is a name of Shiva especially familiar from the Mangeshi temple in Goa. Local temple lore connects the name with Parvati calling to Shiva for help when he appeared as a tiger.

Meaning themes

Spellings in Indian scripts

Devanagari

मंगेश

Conventional spelling

About spelling and pronunciation

HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS

Mangesh in Indian usage

6,795 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: 2,112 records (31.1%).
  • Recorded as male: 4,683 records (68.9%).

By birth decade

Mangesh: records by birth decade1960s: 3821960s1970s: 1,0351970s1980s: 2,6731980s1990s: 2,5631990sOther decades: 142Other decades
Recorded birth years 1910–2001.
Birth decadeRecords
1960s382
1970s1,035
1980s2,673
1990s2,563
Other decades142

By state or territory

State / territoryRecords
Uttar Pradesh3,403
Madhya Pradesh1,766
Maharashtra548
Rajasthan353
Bihar245
Haryana195
Uttarakhand150
Other states135
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

  1. Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001

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