MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nandan mean?
Nandan comes from Sanskrit nandana, gladdening or giving pleasure. The word is also a term for a son. As a place name in mythology, Nandana denotes a divine garden, especially Indra’s paradise.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
नन्दन
Conventional spelling
Bengali
নন্দন
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nandan in Indian usage
31,729 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (93.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 2,001 records (6.3%).
- Recorded as male: 29,728 records (93.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 1,045 |
| 1950s | 2,137 |
| 1960s | 3,920 |
| 1970s | 5,659 |
| 1980s | 8,960 |
| 1990s | 9,544 |
| Other decades | 464 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 16,327 |
| Uttarakhand | 5,483 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,869 |
| Jharkhand | 1,463 |
| Maharashtra | 1,342 |
| Delhi | 1,043 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 906 |
| Tripura | 777 |
| Haryana | 362 |
| Kerala | 325 |
| Assam | 324 |
| Rajasthan | 156 |
| Other states | 352 |
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, nandana, p. 526,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.