MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sugriva mean?
Sugriva’s Sanskrit compound describes a handsome neck. In the Ramayana, Sugriva is the monkey king restored to the throne of Kishkindha by Rama. His army, led by Hanuman, helps Rama in the struggle against Ravana.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सुग्रीव
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sugriva in Indian usage
31,819 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 223 records (0.7%).
- Recorded as male: 31,596 records (99.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 1,011 |
| 1950s | 2,310 |
| 1960s | 4,908 |
| 1970s | 7,409 |
| 1980s | 9,573 |
| 1990s | 6,270 |
| Other decades | 338 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 19,088 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 5,449 |
| Bihar | 4,665 |
| Rajasthan | 1,098 |
| Jharkhand | 700 |
| Haryana | 415 |
| Uttarakhand | 202 |
| Other states | 202 |
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, sugrīva, p. 1223,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.