MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ved mean?
Veda comes from the Sanskrit knowing root vid. As a textual term it names the Vedas, while Ved is the common final-schwa-deleted personal-name form.
Pronunciation
IAST: veda
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
वेद
Letter-by-letter: veda
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਵੇਦ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ved in Indian usage
84,289 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (91.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 7,524 records (8.9%).
- Recorded as male: 76,765 records (91.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 2,089 |
| 1940s | 6,011 |
| 1950s | 11,780 |
| 1960s | 16,974 |
| 1970s | 17,091 |
| 1980s | 18,998 |
| 1990s | 10,950 |
| Other decades | 396 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 34,805 |
| Haryana | 23,760 |
| Punjab | 5,381 |
| Rajasthan | 4,698 |
| Bihar | 3,832 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 3,303 |
| Maharashtra | 2,339 |
| Uttarakhand | 2,204 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,279 |
| Jharkhand | 879 |
| Delhi | 738 |
| Gujarat | 548 |
| Chandigarh | 408 |
| Other states | 115 |
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.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Ved / M | 42 | 782 |
| Scotland | Ved / M | 3 | 762 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Ved; Table_6, C800 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Ved; Table_6, C800
- Scotland 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Ved; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Boy ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Ved; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Boy
- Monier-Williams, veda, p. 1015,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.