MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Som mean?
Som is the final-schwa-deleted form of Soma, the moon name and Vedic ritual word. Sanskrit soma also denotes the ritual drink pressed in Vedic ceremonies.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Gurmukhi
ਸੋਮ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
सोम
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Som in Indian usage
52,727 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (80.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 10,220 records (19.4%).
- Recorded as male: 42,507 records (80.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,049 |
| 1940s | 3,370 |
| 1950s | 7,321 |
| 1960s | 11,298 |
| 1970s | 12,389 |
| 1980s | 10,569 |
| 1990s | 6,528 |
| Other decades | 203 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Punjab | 11,892 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 11,548 |
| Haryana | 10,035 |
| Jharkhand | 4,774 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 4,625 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,711 |
| Bihar | 1,499 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,175 |
| Rajasthan | 1,050 |
| Odisha | 921 |
| Assam | 583 |
| Chandigarh | 450 |
| Maharashtra | 310 |
| Other states | 154 |
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, soma, p. 1249,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.