MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Pranabandhu mean?
Pranabandhu joins prāṇa, life or breath, with bandhu, friend or relation. Odia uses this expressive compound for a companion cherished as deeply as life itself.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Odia
ପ୍ରାଣବନ୍ଧୁ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
प्राणबन्धु
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Pranabandhu in Indian usage
3,126 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (80.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 604 records (19.3%).
- Recorded as male: 2,522 records (80.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 207 |
| 1940s | 353 |
| 1950s | 578 |
| 1960s | 660 |
| 1970s | 646 |
| 1980s | 426 |
| Other decades | 256 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Other states | 3,126 |
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, prāṇa, p. 705,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, bandhu, p. 721,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.