MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ugam mean?
Ugam is a vernacular form of Sanskrit udgama, rising or coming forth. Rajasthani and Gujarati usage preserves the word for a source or beginning, which gives the personal name an image of emergence.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
उगम
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ugam in Indian usage
8,098 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 5,950 records (73.5%).
- Recorded as male: 2,148 records (26.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 436 |
| 1940s | 863 |
| 1950s | 1,177 |
| 1960s | 1,489 |
| 1970s | 1,099 |
| 1980s | 1,572 |
| 1990s | 1,289 |
| Other decades | 173 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 7,366 |
| Bihar | 296 |
| Haryana | 223 |
| Other states | 213 |
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, udgama, p. 187,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.