MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nath mean?
Natha is a Sanskrit title for a lord, protector or master. Nath occurs both independently and at the end of devotional names, where it marks lordship or guardianship.
Pronunciation
IAST: nātha
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
नाथ
Letter-by-letter: nātha
Conventional spelling
Bengali
নাথ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nath in Indian usage
13,682 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: 4,459 records (32.6%).
- Recorded as male: 9,223 records (67.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 464 |
| 1940s | 1,224 |
| 1950s | 1,998 |
| 1960s | 2,554 |
| 1970s | 2,912 |
| 1980s | 2,724 |
| 1990s | 1,659 |
| Other decades | 147 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Assam | 4,596 |
| Maharashtra | 3,656 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,712 |
| Punjab | 763 |
| Gujarat | 718 |
| Tripura | 481 |
| Haryana | 315 |
| Bihar | 313 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 310 |
| Jharkhand | 281 |
| Uttarakhand | 205 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 171 |
| Other states | 161 |
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, nātha, p. 534,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.