MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sarasbati mean?
Eastern pronunciation gives Sarasbati alongside Sanskrit Sarasvatī. The original word is connected with waters or pools, while naming use strongly evokes the goddess of speech and learning.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Bengali
সরস্বতী
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
सरस्वती
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sarasbati in Indian usage
55,389 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 55,288 records (99.8%).
- Recorded as male: 101 records (0.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,269 |
| 1940s | 2,824 |
| 1950s | 5,761 |
| 1960s | 8,157 |
| 1970s | 10,830 |
| 1980s | 11,368 |
| 1990s | 14,744 |
| Other decades | 436 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 47,771 |
| Tripura | 5,725 |
| Assam | 837 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 355 |
| Bihar | 318 |
| Jharkhand | 189 |
| Other states | 194 |
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, sarasvatī, p. 1182,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.