MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Samana mean?
Sanskrit samana is attested as an adverb meaning “together” or “uniformly”. The feminine Himalayan name Samana preserves a form also recognisable beside sama, “equal”.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
समना
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Samana in Indian usage
2,210 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling समना.
Mostly recorded for girls (91.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 2,021 records (91.4%).
- Recorded as male: 189 records (8.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 314 |
| 1970s | 914 |
| 1980s | 708 |
| Other decades | 274 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Himachal Pradesh | 1,887 |
| Other states | 323 |
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, samanā, p. 1154,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.