MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sangam mean?
Saṅgama denotes coming together in Sanskrit. River confluences, including the meeting of the Ganga and Yamuna, give Sangam a geographical association. Such confluences are treated as sacred places of pilgrimage.
Pronunciation
IAST: saṅgama
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
संगम
Letter-by-letter: saṅgama
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sangam in Indian usage
23,005 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 8,787 records (38.2%).
- Recorded as male: 14,218 records (61.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 651 |
| 1950s | 1,188 |
| 1960s | 2,029 |
| 1970s | 2,899 |
| 1980s | 6,154 |
| 1990s | 9,815 |
| Other decades | 269 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 14,526 |
| Bihar | 4,322 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 901 |
| Maharashtra | 761 |
| Jharkhand | 488 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 432 |
| Delhi | 416 |
| Rajasthan | 343 |
| Haryana | 323 |
| Uttarakhand | 115 |
| Goa | 109 |
| Other states | 269 |
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, saṃgama, p. 1128,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.