MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ramdev mean?
Rama is named as a deity in this compound. Sanskrit deva, its second member, denotes a god or divine being. The name also recalls the Rajasthan saint Ramdevji, remembered at Ramdevra.
Pronunciation
IAST: rāmadeva
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रामदेव
Letter-by-letter: rāmadeva
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ramdev in Indian usage
102,010 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: 628 records (0.6%).
- Recorded as male: 101,382 records (99.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 5,180 |
| 1940s | 13,521 |
| 1950s | 21,325 |
| 1960s | 23,189 |
| 1970s | 17,133 |
| 1980s | 13,270 |
| 1990s | 7,241 |
| Other decades | 1,151 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 39,700 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 30,064 |
| Rajasthan | 17,965 |
| Jharkhand | 10,533 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,774 |
| Haryana | 492 |
| Punjab | 230 |
| Other states | 252 |
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, deva, p. 492,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Rajasthan Tourism: Ramdevra ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Ramdevra is dedicated to the saint Baba Ramdevji.
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.