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Raghuvir

Rama; literally hero of Raghu's line

Raghuvir means “Rama; literally hero of Raghu's line”.

Origin language
Sanskrit
First letter
R
Historical records
95,965

MEANING & CONTEXT

What does Raghuvir mean?

Raghuvīra combines the dynasty-name Raghu with vīra, hero, identifying Rama through his lineage in the Ramayana. Raghu names Rama's royal ancestor within the compound.

Pronunciation

IAST: raghuvīra

Meaning themes

ramaheroism

Spellings in Indian scripts

Devanagari

रघुवीर

Letter-by-letter: raghuvīra

Conventional spelling

About spelling and pronunciation

HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS

Raghuvir in Indian usage

95,965 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.

Mostly recorded for boys (99.1%) in these historical records.

  • Recorded as female: 882 records (0.9%).
  • Recorded as male: 95,083 records (99.1%).

By birth decade

Raghuvir: records by birth decade1930s: 2,5501930s1940s: 7,5251940s1950s: 13,3671950s1960s: 19,3261960s1970s: 20,1141970s1980s: 19,3821980s1990s: 13,2241990sOther decades: 477Other decades
Recorded birth years 1910–2001.
Birth decadeRecords
1930s2,550
1940s7,525
1950s13,367
1960s19,326
1970s20,114
1980s19,382
1990s13,224
Other decades477

By state or territory

State / territoryRecords
Uttar Pradesh31,490
Madhya Pradesh23,666
Rajasthan19,130
Bihar9,095
Uttarakhand5,212
Haryana2,594
Punjab1,481
Jharkhand1,180
Himachal Pradesh1,105
Maharashtra680
Andhra Pradesh175
Other states157
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

  1. Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001

  2. Monier-Williams, raghuvīra, p. 860,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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