MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Pavan mean?
Pavana denotes wind and also carries a purifying sense in Sanskrit. Hanuman's title Pavanputra uses the same word to identify him as the wind's son.
Pronunciation
IAST: pavana
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
पवन
Letter-by-letter: pavana
Conventional spelling
Other spellings
- Pawan
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Pavan in Indian usage
685,535 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (94.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 36,729 records (5.4%).
- Recorded as male: 648,806 records (94.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 822 |
| 1940s | 3,314 |
| 1950s | 14,590 |
| 1960s | 51,739 |
| 1970s | 122,812 |
| 1980s | 248,492 |
| 1990s | 243,106 |
| Other decades | 660 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 206,271 |
| Bihar | 126,090 |
| Rajasthan | 78,575 |
| Haryana | 74,674 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 64,423 |
| Punjab | 35,848 |
| Jharkhand | 24,252 |
| Delhi | 21,274 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 19,495 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 19,243 |
| Uttarakhand | 11,815 |
| Chandigarh | 1,747 |
| Maharashtra | 491 |
| Kerala | 275 |
| Goa | 235 |
| Meghalaya | 144 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 133 |
| Gujarat | 132 |
| Sikkim | 126 |
| Other states | 292 |
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.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Pavan / M | 4 | 4,275 |
| England & Wales | Pavan / F | 4 | 4,867 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Pavan; Table_6, C4899 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Pavan; Table_6, C4899
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Pavan; Table_6, C5673 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Pavan; Table_6, C5673
- Monier-Williams, pavana, p. 610,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: पवन ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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