MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nag mean?
Nāga is the Sanskrit word for a serpent, especially a cobra. In narrative and art, nagas also appear as powerful serpent beings connected with water and the earth.
Meaning themes
serpent
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
नाग
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nag in Indian usage
15,634 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: 7,589 records (48.5%).
- Recorded as male: 8,045 records (51.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 602 |
| 1950s | 1,271 |
| 1960s | 2,249 |
| 1970s | 3,567 |
| 1980s | 6,693 |
| 1990s | 995 |
| Other decades | 257 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 10,490 |
| Maharashtra | 1,751 |
| Bihar | 1,121 |
| Assam | 523 |
| Rajasthan | 445 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 378 |
| Uttarakhand | 195 |
| Jharkhand | 161 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 143 |
| Gujarat | 108 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 100 |
| Other states | 219 |
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, nāga, p. 532,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.