MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Srinivas mean?
Śrī identifies Lakshmi and nivāsa an abode or dwelling. The compound is a traditional name of Vishnu, especially familiar in southern naming. Lakshmi is Vishnu's consort, explaining why her abode can serve as a title of Vishnu himself.
Pronunciation
IAST: śrīnivāsa
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
श्रीनिवास
Letter-by-letter: śrīnivāsa
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Srinivas in Indian usage
40,746 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 214 records (0.5%).
- Recorded as male: 40,532 records (99.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 234 |
| 1960s | 3,827 |
| 1970s | 13,028 |
| 1980s | 15,623 |
| 1990s | 7,930 |
| Other decades | 104 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 40,500 |
| Other states | 246 |
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, śrīnivāsa, p. 1099,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Smithsonian: Vishnu and Lakshmi ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Vishnu carries a discus, conch, club and lotus; Lakshmi is his consort.
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.