MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Meghanad mean?
Meghanad joins megha, cloud, and nāda, sound, to describe thunder. In the Ramayana, Meghnada is Ravana's son. He is also called Indrajit after overcoming Indra.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मेघनाद
Conventional spelling
Odia
ମେଘନାଦ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Meghanad in Indian usage
2,405 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: 484 records (20.1%).
- Recorded as male: 1,921 records (79.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 330 |
| 1960s | 449 |
| 1970s | 591 |
| 1980s | 513 |
| 1990s | 323 |
| Other decades | 199 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 2,405 |
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, meghanāda, p. 831,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.