MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Satyavan mean?
Satyavān is a Sanskrit possessive formation from satya, truth. In the Mahabharata, Satyavan is Savitri’s husband. Their story centres on her encounter with Yama and the return of her husband’s life.
Pronunciation
IAST: satyavān
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सत्यवान
Letter-by-letter: satyavān
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Satyavan in Indian usage
23,330 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 130 records (0.6%).
- Recorded as male: 23,200 records (99.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 1,055 |
| 1960s | 5,551 |
| 1970s | 7,328 |
| 1980s | 6,187 |
| 1990s | 2,981 |
| Other decades | 228 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Haryana | 15,956 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,100 |
| Jharkhand | 1,171 |
| Rajasthan | 869 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 506 |
| Bihar | 330 |
| Maharashtra | 202 |
| Other states | 196 |
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, satyavat, p. 1136,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.