MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shivdas mean?
Shivdas combines Shiva with das, the Sanskrit-derived word for a servant or devotee. The relationship expressed is devotional service to Shiva, a major deity of Indian worship.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शिवदास
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shivdas in Indian usage
9,189 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling शिवदास.
Mostly recorded for boys (93%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 647 records (7%).
- Recorded as male: 8,542 records (93%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 194 |
| 1940s | 712 |
| 1950s | 1,215 |
| 1960s | 1,964 |
| 1970s | 2,060 |
| 1980s | 2,012 |
| 1990s | 1,032 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 5,335 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,434 |
| Maharashtra | 1,292 |
| Other states | 128 |
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, śiva, p. 1074,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, dāsa, p. 477,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.