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INDIAN NAME REFERENCE

Mithilesh

lord of Mithila

Mithilesh means “lord of Mithila”.

Origin language
Sanskrit / Hindi
First letter
M
Historical records
112,391

MEANING & CONTEXT

What does Mithilesh mean?

Mithilesh joins Mithilā, the region associated with Janaka and Sita, and īśa, lord, creating a geographical title. Janaka's court in the Ramayana is associated with Mithila.

Pronunciation

IAST: mithileśa

Meaning themes

placesramayana

Spellings in Indian scripts

Devanagari

मिथिलेश

Letter-by-letter: mithileśa

Conventional spelling

About spelling and pronunciation

HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS

Mithilesh in Indian usage

112,391 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.

These totals and margins describe the spelling मिथिलेश.

Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.

  • Recorded as female: 36,805 records (32.7%).
  • Recorded as male: 75,586 records (67.3%).

By birth decade

Mithilesh: records by birth decade1940s: 1,6381940s1950s: 5,8991950s1960s: 15,7451960s1970s: 25,6721970s1980s: 35,8081980s1990s: 27,3051990sOther decades: 324Other decades
Recorded birth years 1910–2001.
Birth decadeRecords
1940s1,638
1950s5,899
1960s15,745
1970s25,672
1980s35,808
1990s27,305
Other decades324

By state or territory

State / territoryRecords
Bihar57,404
Uttar Pradesh41,345
Madhya Pradesh6,303
Jharkhand5,844
Rajasthan1,138
Other states357
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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