MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Satyadev mean?
The whole Sanskrit word satyadeva describes shining through truth. Its base satya is an adjective for what is true, real or faithful.
Pronunciation
IAST: satyadeva
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सत्यदेव
Letter-by-letter: satyadeva
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Satyadev in Indian usage
25,621 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 173 records (0.7%).
- Recorded as male: 25,448 records (99.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 824 |
| 1940s | 2,289 |
| 1950s | 3,887 |
| 1960s | 5,450 |
| 1970s | 5,193 |
| 1980s | 4,797 |
| 1990s | 3,035 |
| Other decades | 146 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 14,721 |
| Bihar | 6,978 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,273 |
| Jharkhand | 1,250 |
| Rajasthan | 700 |
| Haryana | 383 |
| Uttarakhand | 161 |
| Other states | 155 |
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, satyadeva, p. 1136,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, satya, p. 1135,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.