MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nagadev mean?
Nagadev is a Sanskrit designation for a serpent king or serpent deity. Nagas appear as powerful serpent beings in Indian religious stories and receive worship at shrines and during Nag Panchami. Epic narratives describe a naga realm with serpents appearing in both human and serpent forms.
Pronunciation
IAST: nāgadeva
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
नागदेव
Letter-by-letter: nāgadeva
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nagadev in Indian usage
3,910 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling नागदेव.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 1,322 records (33.8%).
- Recorded as male: 2,588 records (66.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 574 |
| 1960s | 1,022 |
| 1970s | 1,064 |
| 1980s | 774 |
| 1990s | 224 |
| Other decades | 252 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Maharashtra | 2,438 |
| Bihar | 1,345 |
| Jharkhand | 127 |
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, nāgadeva, p. 533,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, nāga, p. 532,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.