MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Savitri mean?
Sāvitrī is associated with the solar deity Savitr and also names the Mahabharata heroine whose husband is Satyavan. The Savitri-Satyavan episode appears within the Mahabharata's forest narrative. Savitri follows Yama and wins Satyavan's life back through their dialogue.
Pronunciation
IAST: sāvitrī
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सावित्री
Letter-by-letter: sāvitrī
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
सवित्री
Letter-by-letter: savitrī
18,112 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Savitri in Indian usage
698,709 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 696,186 records (99.6%).
- Recorded as male: 2,523 records (0.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 3,769 |
| 1930s | 19,490 |
| 1940s | 59,048 |
| 1950s | 109,967 |
| 1960s | 168,170 |
| 1970s | 153,400 |
| 1980s | 123,698 |
| 1990s | 60,869 |
| Other decades | 298 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 281,939 |
| Bihar | 105,219 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 95,241 |
| Rajasthan | 55,300 |
| Jharkhand | 54,138 |
| Haryana | 43,746 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 28,268 |
| Uttarakhand | 16,243 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 10,786 |
| Delhi | 4,458 |
| Goa | 1,453 |
| Chandigarh | 837 |
| Maharashtra | 506 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 198 |
| Other states | 377 |
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
- Wiktionary: सावित्री ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Wiktionary: Savitri ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.