MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Pandav mean?
Pandav refers to a son or descendant of Pandu. The five Pandava brothers are central heroes of the Mahabharata, and their shared name gives the epic association. The brothers are Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
पाण्डव
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
पांडव
Letter-by-letter: pāṃḍava
10,682 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Gujarati
પાંડવ
4,725 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Pandav in Indian usage
15,881 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: 7,053 records (44.4%).
- Recorded as male: 8,828 records (55.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 407 |
| 1940s | 879 |
| 1950s | 1,422 |
| 1960s | 2,349 |
| 1970s | 3,335 |
| 1980s | 4,083 |
| 1990s | 3,298 |
| Other decades | 108 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Maharashtra | 8,858 |
| Gujarat | 4,805 |
| Bihar | 1,832 |
| Other states | 386 |
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, pāṇḍava, p. 616,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.