MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Vandana mean?
Vandanā comes from the root vand, to praise or salute, and describes an act of reverence. The Sanskrit root vand means to praise, salute or bow respectfully.
Pronunciation
IAST: vandanā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
वंदना
Letter-by-letter: vandanā
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Vandana in Indian usage
223,062 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 221,233 records (99.2%).
- Recorded as male: 1,829 records (0.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 485 |
| 1950s | 2,247 |
| 1960s | 11,646 |
| 1970s | 40,990 |
| 1980s | 90,995 |
| 1990s | 76,480 |
| Other decades | 219 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 91,253 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 44,451 |
| Bihar | 22,214 |
| Rajasthan | 15,550 |
| Delhi | 12,775 |
| Haryana | 8,988 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 7,740 |
| Uttarakhand | 5,034 |
| Jharkhand | 4,830 |
| Karnataka | 3,556 |
| Kerala | 1,670 |
| Maharashtra | 1,527 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1,301 |
| Goa | 1,154 |
| Chandigarh | 729 |
| Other states | 290 |
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
- Wiktionary: वंदना ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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