MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nandana mean?
Nandana is a Sanskrit word for gladdening or bringing joy. It also denotes a son or child. Nandana is the garden of Indra’s heaven in classical literature.
Pronunciation
IAST: nandana
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
नन्दन
Letter-by-letter: nandana
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nandana in Indian usage
1,354 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: 714 records (52.7%).
- Recorded as male: 640 records (47.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 146 |
| 1980s | 331 |
| 1990s | 732 |
| Other decades | 145 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 718 |
| Kerala | 451 |
| Other states | 185 |
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.