MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shatrughan mean?
Shatrughna is the Ramayana prince born to Sumitra and the twin brother of Lakshmana. The name joins shatru, enemy, with ghna, destroying, and he is especially connected with Bharata in the epic.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शत्रुघ्न
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
शत्रुघन
Letter-by-letter: śatrughana
11,615 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shatrughan in Indian usage
11,615 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling शत्रुघन.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 122 |
| 1940s | 448 |
| 1950s | 1,493 |
| 1960s | 3,029 |
| 1970s | 3,198 |
| 1980s | 2,133 |
| 1990s | 1,192 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 8,351 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,934 |
| Jharkhand | 162 |
| Other states | 168 |
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, śatrughna, p. 1051,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.