MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Priyadarshi mean?
The name joins priya, "dear", with darshin, "seeing" or "appearing", giving the sense of one who looks kindly on everyone or is pleasing to see. It is the epithet of the emperor Ashoka, who calls himself Devanampiya Piyadasi in his edicts.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
प्रियदर्शी
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Priyadarshi in Indian usage
526 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling प्रियदर्शी.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 122 |
| 1980s | 212 |
| 1990s | 192 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 526 |
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, priyadarśin, p. 710,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.