MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Puttan mean?
Puttan belongs to the affectionate put or putta family of words for a son. Its familiar ending is characteristic of household names that remain in adult use in northern India.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
पुत्तन
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Puttan in Indian usage
9,600 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (94.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 560 records (5.8%).
- Recorded as male: 9,040 records (94.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 622 |
| 1950s | 1,399 |
| 1960s | 2,237 |
| 1970s | 2,290 |
| 1980s | 2,029 |
| 1990s | 806 |
| Other decades | 217 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 9,447 |
| Other states | 153 |
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