MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Mohandas mean?
Mohana is a devotional name of Krishna that evokes his power to enchant. The second element das means servant, making Mohandas an expression of service to Krishna.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मोहनदास
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Mohandas in Indian usage
8,721 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 468 |
| 1950s | 2,326 |
| 1960s | 3,064 |
| 1970s | 1,862 |
| 1980s | 831 |
| Other decades | 170 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 8,263 |
| Goa | 288 |
| Other states | 170 |
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
- Behind the Name: Mohandas ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Monier-Williams, dāsa, p. 477,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, kṛṣṇa, p. 306,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.