MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ramchand mean?
Ramchand is a shortened vernacular form of Ramchandra. The second element compares Rama with the moon, joining the Ramayana's hero to an image of beauty and gentle radiance. Rama is also called Dasharathi because he is the son of Dasharatha.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रामचन्द
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ramchand in Indian usage
15,212 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 172 records (1.1%).
- Recorded as male: 15,040 records (98.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 634 |
| 1940s | 1,521 |
| 1950s | 2,639 |
| 1960s | 3,497 |
| 1970s | 3,335 |
| 1980s | 2,434 |
| 1990s | 1,014 |
| Other decades | 138 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 4,896 |
| Rajasthan | 4,394 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,292 |
| Bihar | 614 |
| Odisha | 457 |
| Haryana | 276 |
| Other states | 283 |
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, rāma, p. 877,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, rāmacandra, p. 877,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.