MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ramchandra mean?
Rāmacandra pairs Rama with candra, moon, in a poetic title of the Ramayana prince. The lunar comparison evokes the radiance and beauty of the moon. Rama's consort Sita and his brother Lakshmana accompany him during the forest exile.
Pronunciation
IAST: rāmacandra
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रामचन्द्र
Letter-by-letter: rāmacandra
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
रामचंद्र
Letter-by-letter: rāmacaṃdra
50,841 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ramchandra in Indian usage
255,128 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,435 records (0.6%).
- Recorded as male: 253,693 records (99.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 1,794 |
| 1930s | 9,853 |
| 1940s | 28,062 |
| 1950s | 48,511 |
| 1960s | 60,099 |
| 1970s | 50,535 |
| 1980s | 37,602 |
| 1990s | 18,530 |
| Other decades | 142 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 91,185 |
| Bihar | 63,901 |
| Rajasthan | 41,811 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 31,692 |
| Jharkhand | 16,173 |
| Haryana | 3,714 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,904 |
| Maharashtra | 1,864 |
| Goa | 1,248 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 805 |
| Tripura | 416 |
| Assam | 141 |
| Other states | 274 |
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
- Wiktionary: रामचन्द्र ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Behind the Name: Rama ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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