MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Muralidhar mean?
Muralidhar joins muralī, flute, with dhara, bearing or holding. The whole Sanskrit name identifies Krishna as the flute bearer. His pastoral image as a flute-playing cowherd is familiar in devotional poetry and art.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मुरलीधर
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Muralidhar in Indian usage
29,011 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (96.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,034 records (3.6%).
- Recorded as male: 27,977 records (96.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,034 |
| 1940s | 2,757 |
| 1950s | 4,759 |
| 1960s | 6,283 |
| 1970s | 5,897 |
| 1980s | 5,118 |
| 1990s | 2,943 |
| Other decades | 220 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 7,429 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 6,498 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 5,182 |
| Odisha | 2,907 |
| Bihar | 2,462 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1,473 |
| Jharkhand | 1,407 |
| Maharashtra | 836 |
| Uttarakhand | 342 |
| Haryana | 231 |
| Other states | 244 |
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, muralīdhara, p. 823,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, kṛṣṇa, p. 306,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.