MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ramdhari mean?
The ending dhārī denotes someone who bears or holds something. Ramdhari applies it devotionally to Rama, the hero of the Ramayana, expressing attachment to his name.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रामधारी
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ramdhari in Indian usage
13,059 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (95.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 579 records (4.4%).
- Recorded as male: 12,480 records (95.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,012 |
| 1940s | 2,504 |
| 1950s | 2,988 |
| 1960s | 2,903 |
| 1970s | 1,868 |
| 1980s | 1,129 |
| 1990s | 401 |
| Other decades | 254 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 6,902 |
| Bihar | 2,751 |
| Haryana | 1,967 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 677 |
| Jharkhand | 437 |
| Punjab | 127 |
| Other states | 198 |
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, dhara, p. 510,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, dhārin, p. 515,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.