MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Murugan mean?
Murugan is the Tamil name of the deity also known as Skanda or Kartikeya. Tamil muruku carries ideas of youth and beauty, and the deity is closely connected with hills and the spear called vel.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मुरुगन
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Murugan in Indian usage
6,492 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as male: 6,360 records (98%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,110 |
| 1970s | 2,796 |
| 1980s | 1,776 |
| 1990s | 527 |
| Other decades | 283 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Puducherry | 4,426 |
| Kerala | 1,035 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 608 |
| Maharashtra | 282 |
| Other states | 141 |
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: Murugan ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Wiktionary: Murugan ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Wiktionary: முருகன் ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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