MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Vadan mean?
Sanskrit vadana denotes the mouth, face or countenance. It is formed from vad, the verb for speaking, with a noun-forming ending.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
वदन
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Vadan in Indian usage
3,107 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (80.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 613 records (19.7%).
- Recorded as male: 2,494 records (80.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 350 |
| 1950s | 538 |
| 1960s | 694 |
| 1970s | 607 |
| 1980s | 536 |
| 1990s | 201 |
| Other decades | 181 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,655 |
| Rajasthan | 775 |
| Bihar | 295 |
| Jharkhand | 149 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 132 |
| Other states | 101 |
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, vadana, p. 916,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, vad, p. 916,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.