MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ramanuja mean?
Sanskrit anuja denotes a younger brother, giving Ramanuja its literal family relationship to Rama. Lakshmana, Rama's companion in the Ramayana, bears this epithet. The name also recalls the philosopher Ramanuja, the teacher of qualified non-dualism.
Pronunciation
IAST: rāmānuja
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रामानुज
Letter-by-letter: rāmānuja
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ramanuja in Indian usage
13,776 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling रामानुज.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 270 |
| 1940s | 954 |
| 1950s | 1,888 |
| 1960s | 3,244 |
| 1970s | 3,436 |
| 1980s | 2,643 |
| 1990s | 1,341 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 6,606 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 3,322 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,237 |
| Jharkhand | 611 |
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, rāmānuja, p. 878,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: रामानुज ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.