MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Pritam mean?
The superlative element tam remains in Pritam, from Sanskrit priyatama, most dear. Priya is the simpler beloved adjective behind the expanded form.
Pronunciation
IAST: prītama
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
प्रीतम
Letter-by-letter: prītama
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
प्रितम
Letter-by-letter: pritama
6,649 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Pritam in Indian usage
123,420 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: 31,730 records (25.7%).
- Recorded as male: 91,690 records (74.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 2,020 |
| 1930s | 7,484 |
| 1940s | 14,908 |
| 1950s | 16,055 |
| 1960s | 16,238 |
| 1970s | 16,751 |
| 1980s | 22,427 |
| 1990s | 27,341 |
| Other decades | 196 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Punjab | 32,134 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 17,675 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 17,113 |
| Bihar | 12,957 |
| Haryana | 12,729 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 7,918 |
| Rajasthan | 7,453 |
| Jharkhand | 4,601 |
| Uttarakhand | 4,324 |
| Delhi | 2,451 |
| Tripura | 1,130 |
| Assam | 1,006 |
| Chandigarh | 524 |
| Goa | 479 |
| Odisha | 159 |
| Maharashtra | 118 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 113 |
| Meghalaya | 111 |
| Other states | 425 |
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
- Wiktionary: प्रीतम ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.