MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Saraswati mean?
Sarasvatī also names a river in Sanskrit literature, and the goddess is traditionally represented with a veena and a book. The veena in her imagery links the name with music.
Pronunciation
IAST: sarasvatī
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सरस्वती
Letter-by-letter: sarasvatī
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Saraswati in Indian usage
355,713 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 353,462 records (99.4%).
- Recorded as male: 2,251 records (0.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 3,160 |
| 1930s | 12,549 |
| 1940s | 29,214 |
| 1950s | 47,239 |
| 1960s | 72,568 |
| 1970s | 76,720 |
| 1980s | 66,008 |
| 1990s | 47,986 |
| Other decades | 269 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 102,938 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 78,971 |
| Jharkhand | 47,965 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 44,887 |
| Odisha | 24,180 |
| Rajasthan | 21,354 |
| Uttarakhand | 15,318 |
| Haryana | 6,230 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 4,112 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 2,787 |
| Delhi | 2,105 |
| Maharashtra | 1,965 |
| Goa | 970 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 467 |
| Meghalaya | 390 |
| Chandigarh | 312 |
| Sikkim | 289 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 205 |
| Other states | 268 |
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.