MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Mayavati mean?
Mayavati is the feminine of māyāvat, possessing magical power. In the Krishna narratives, Mayavati becomes the wife of Pradyumna, giving the name a specific Puranic association.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मायावती
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Mayavati in Indian usage
29,961 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 29,785 records (99.4%).
- Recorded as male: 176 records (0.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 593 |
| 1940s | 1,750 |
| 1950s | 3,846 |
| 1960s | 7,160 |
| 1970s | 7,327 |
| 1980s | 5,655 |
| 1990s | 3,521 |
| Other decades | 109 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 21,626 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,891 |
| Bihar | 1,751 |
| Rajasthan | 1,431 |
| Haryana | 1,108 |
| Uttarakhand | 569 |
| Jharkhand | 457 |
| Other states | 128 |
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, māyāvat, p. 811,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, māyāvatī, p. 811,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.