MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Vaishnav mean?
Vaishnav is the Sanskrit adjective for something related or dedicated to Vishnu. Its grammatical form is derived from the deity's name, and it also became a personal name.
Pronunciation
IAST: vaiṣṇava
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
वैष्णव
Letter-by-letter: vaiṣṇava
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Vaishnav in Indian usage
17,624 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: 8,087 records (45.9%).
- Recorded as male: 9,537 records (54.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 795 |
| 1950s | 1,626 |
| 1960s | 2,819 |
| 1970s | 4,004 |
| 1980s | 4,496 |
| 1990s | 3,401 |
| Other decades | 483 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Maharashtra | 9,128 |
| Gujarat | 7,428 |
| Kerala | 655 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 153 |
| Other states | 260 |
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, vaiṣṇava, p. 1027,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.