MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Samba mean?
Samba is used for Shiva accompanied by Amba, the goddess Parvati. Samba is also the name of Krishna and Jambavati's son in epic and Puranic narratives. The first sense joins sa, with, and Amba, mother or goddess.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सांब
Conventional spelling
Telugu
సాంబ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Samba in Indian usage
5,456 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (91%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 492 records (9%).
- Recorded as male: 4,964 records (91%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 704 |
| 1960s | 961 |
| 1970s | 1,047 |
| 1980s | 1,454 |
| 1990s | 1,004 |
| Other decades | 286 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Other states | 5,456 |
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, sāmba, p. 1207,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.