MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ramachandran mean?
Ramachandran is a southern form of Ramachandra. The complete Sanskrit name identifies Rama, the son of Dasharatha in the Ramayana. Candra contributes the moon image and can poetically mark someone as especially excellent.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रामचन्द्रन
Conventional spelling
Malayalam
രാമചന്ദ്രൻ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
रामचंद्रन
Letter-by-letter: rāmacaṃdrana
988 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ramachandran in Indian usage
33,573 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 | 1,199 |
| 1940s | 5,657 |
| 1950s | 10,475 |
| 1960s | 9,917 |
| 1970s | 4,759 |
| 1980s | 1,259 |
| Other decades | 307 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 32,453 |
| Puducherry | 942 |
| Other states | 178 |
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, rāmacandra, p. 877,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, candra, p. 386,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: Ramachandra ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Wiktionary: राम ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.