MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Raghunandan mean?
Raghunandan is a Sanskrit epithet of Rama as a son or descendant of Raghu. Raghu names the royal ancestor whose dynasty provides a central identity for the Ramayana's hero.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रघुनन्दन
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
रघुनंदन
Letter-by-letter: raghunaṃdana
10,258 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Raghunandan in Indian usage
14,220 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 475 |
| 1940s | 1,217 |
| 1950s | 1,965 |
| 1960s | 2,381 |
| 1970s | 2,581 |
| 1980s | 3,088 |
| 1990s | 2,404 |
| Other decades | 109 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,937 |
| Bihar | 4,226 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,099 |
| Rajasthan | 1,371 |
| Jharkhand | 979 |
| Uttarakhand | 199 |
| Haryana | 154 |
| Other states | 255 |
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, raghunandana, p. 860,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.