MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Prahlad mean?
Sanskrit prahlada describes joyful excitement or delight. Prahlada is the devoted son of Hiranyakashipu in the Puranic story. Vishnu appears as Narasimha to protect him from his father.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
प्रह्लाद
Conventional spelling
Odia
ପ୍ରହ୍ଲାଦ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Prahlad in Indian usage
2,304 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (80.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 453 records (19.7%).
- Recorded as male: 1,851 records (80.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 222 |
| 1950s | 396 |
| 1960s | 420 |
| 1970s | 490 |
| 1980s | 408 |
| 1990s | 209 |
| Other decades | 159 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 2,094 |
| Karnataka | 210 |
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, prahlāda, p. 701,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.