MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sudan mean?
Sudan is related to Sanskrit sudana, an element meaning one who destroys or defeats. It is familiar in Madhusudana, Krishna's title as the slayer of the demon Madhu.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सुदन
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sudan in Indian usage
3,176 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (88.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 364 records (11.5%).
- Recorded as male: 2,812 records (88.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 391 |
| 1960s | 642 |
| 1970s | 742 |
| 1980s | 727 |
| 1990s | 368 |
| Other decades | 306 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Jharkhand | 1,527 |
| Bihar | 527 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 192 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 188 |
| Goa | 154 |
| Maharashtra | 148 |
| Other states | 440 |
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, sūdana, p. 1242,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.