MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Saraswathy mean?
Saraswathy is the familiar Malayalam form of Saraswati. The goddess presides over learning and speech, while the name's older river association connects it with flowing water. Its formation uses saras, pool, with a feminine possessive ending, preserving an older watery image.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सरस्वती
Conventional spelling
Malayalam
സരസ്വതി
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Saraswathy in Indian usage
15,380 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,319 |
| 1940s | 3,368 |
| 1950s | 4,936 |
| 1960s | 3,250 |
| 1970s | 1,505 |
| 1980s | 585 |
| 1990s | 255 |
| Other decades | 162 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 14,573 |
| Puducherry | 670 |
| Other states | 137 |
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. 1182,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.