MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ramcharan mean?
Caraṇa denotes the feet and follows Rama in this compound. In devotional language, a deity's feet represent refuge and reverence. Rama is Sita's husband and the central prince of the Ramayana.
Pronunciation
IAST: rāmacaraṇa
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रामचरण
Letter-by-letter: rāmacaraṇa
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
रामचरन
Letter-by-letter: rāmacarana
36,455 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ramcharan in Indian usage
36,455 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling रामचरन.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 215 |
| 1930s | 1,894 |
| 1940s | 5,107 |
| 1950s | 7,076 |
| 1960s | 8,406 |
| 1970s | 6,891 |
| 1980s | 4,836 |
| 1990s | 2,030 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 22,897 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 12,157 |
| Other states | 1,401 |
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, rāmacaraṇa, p. 877,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, rāmacandra, p. 877,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, caraṇa, p. 389,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.