MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nagaraj mean?
Nagaraj combines naga, serpent, with raja, king. Indian sacred narratives give this title to great serpents such as Vasuki and Shesha, making it an established devotional name. The Sanskrit dictionary also uses the compound for a great or noble elephant.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Kannada
ನಾಗರಾಜ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
नागराज
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nagaraj in Indian usage
8,764 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 |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 400 |
| 1970s | 1,190 |
| 1980s | 3,282 |
| 1990s | 3,786 |
| Other decades | 106 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Other states | 8,764 |
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, nāgarāja, p. 533,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, nāgarāj, p. 533,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.