MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Subrahmanya mean?
Subrahmanya is an established name of Skanda or Kartikeya, the son of Shiva. He is widely worshipped as Murugan in Tamil regions. In Vedic ritual, Subrahmanya also names an assistant of the Udgatri priest. Sanskrit lexicons also apply this title to Shiva.
Pronunciation
IAST: subrahmaṇya
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सुब्रह्मण्य
Letter-by-letter: subrahmaṇya
Conventional spelling
Telugu
సుబ్రహ్మణ్య
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Subrahmanya in Indian usage
1,156 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 188 |
| 1960s | 184 |
| 1970s | 195 |
| 1980s | 227 |
| 1990s | 224 |
| Other decades | 138 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 850 |
| Other states | 306 |
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, subrahmaṇya, p. 1229,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.