MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Satanam mean?
Satnam joins sat, true, with nām, name. The expression is prominent in the opening formula of the Guru Granth Sahib and also becomes a personal name.
Pronunciation
IAST: satanāma
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सतनाम
Letter-by-letter: satanāma
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਸਤਨਾਮ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Satanam in Indian usage
92,136 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (88.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 10,991 records (11.9%).
- Recorded as male: 81,145 records (88.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 644 |
| 1940s | 2,624 |
| 1950s | 7,048 |
| 1960s | 15,069 |
| 1970s | 21,698 |
| 1980s | 26,742 |
| 1990s | 18,198 |
| Other decades | 113 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Punjab | 72,110 |
| Haryana | 7,699 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,806 |
| Rajasthan | 3,084 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,560 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 986 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 789 |
| Chandigarh | 431 |
| Jharkhand | 376 |
| Other states | 295 |
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