MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Netra mean?
Netra is the Sanskrit word for an eye, understood as an organ that guides. The same word also denotes a leader or guide, preserving both visual and directional senses. Its guiding sense comes from the Sanskrit root for leading.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Odia
ନେତ୍ର
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
नेत्र
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Netra in Indian usage
9,574 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (89.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 963 records (10.1%).
- Recorded as male: 8,611 records (89.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 152 |
| 1950s | 254 |
| 1960s | 296 |
| 1970s | 315 |
| 1980s | 262 |
| 1990s | 8,175 |
| Other decades | 120 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 9,424 |
| Other states | 150 |
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, netra, p. 568,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.