MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Somanath mean?
Somanath names Shiva worshipped at the celebrated Somnath shrine. Soma is the moon or moon deity. The shrine tradition connects the establishment of the Shiva emblem with Soma, joining the lunar name to the temple’s history.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सोमनाथ
Conventional spelling
Odia
ସୋମନାଥ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Somanath in Indian usage
31,057 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (86.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 4,106 records (13.2%).
- Recorded as male: 26,951 records (86.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 585 |
| 1940s | 1,054 |
| 1950s | 1,917 |
| 1960s | 2,993 |
| 1970s | 4,375 |
| 1980s | 15,767 |
| 1990s | 4,198 |
| Other decades | 168 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 31,057 |
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, somanātha, p. 1250,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, soma, p. 1249,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.