MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sumantra mean?
Sumantra is a feminine name related to the Sanskrit adjective for following good advice. In the Ramayana, Sumantra is also Dasharatha's minister and charioteer, giving the same base a literary association.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सुमन्त्रा
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
सुमंत्रा
Letter-by-letter: sumaṃtrā
6,181 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sumantra in Indian usage
6,633 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 |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 436 |
| 1950s | 742 |
| 1960s | 1,154 |
| 1970s | 1,515 |
| 1980s | 1,546 |
| 1990s | 1,042 |
| Other decades | 198 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 6,226 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 182 |
| Other states | 225 |
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, sumantra, p. 1231,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.