MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sivaji mean?
The goddess Shivai supplies the traditional association of the Marathi name Shivaji, also written Sivaji. The long-ā ending is part of the Marathi -ājī name formation, also seen in Sambhaji.
Pronunciation
IAST: śivājī
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शिवाजी
Letter-by-letter: śivājī
Conventional spelling
Tamil
சிவாஜி
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sivaji in Indian usage
70,651 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (97.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,724 records (2.4%).
- Recorded as male: 68,927 records (97.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,487 |
| 1940s | 5,031 |
| 1950s | 10,857 |
| 1960s | 16,599 |
| 1970s | 15,832 |
| 1980s | 12,136 |
| 1990s | 8,379 |
| Other decades | 330 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 42,697 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 12,427 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 4,106 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,247 |
| Maharashtra | 2,609 |
| Rajasthan | 2,540 |
| Jharkhand | 1,486 |
| Punjab | 501 |
| Kerala | 400 |
| Haryana | 360 |
| Uttarakhand | 160 |
| Other states | 118 |
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