MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Vinayak mean?
Vinayak is a Sanskrit name of Ganesha as the remover of obstacles. The whole word also denotes a leader or guide, fitting its use as an independent personal name. Ganesha is the elephant headed son of Shiva and Parvati.
Meaning themes
ganesha
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
विनायक
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Vinayak in Indian usage
10,984 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (96.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 383 records (3.5%).
- Recorded as male: 10,601 records (96.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 536 |
| 1950s | 888 |
| 1960s | 1,300 |
| 1970s | 1,801 |
| 1980s | 2,763 |
| 1990s | 3,462 |
| Other decades | 234 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,173 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,956 |
| Goa | 1,590 |
| Bihar | 1,369 |
| Maharashtra | 1,237 |
| Kerala | 768 |
| Rajasthan | 553 |
| Delhi | 286 |
| Jharkhand | 270 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 178 |
| Karnataka | 157 |
| Haryana | 139 |
| Uttarakhand | 136 |
| Other states | 172 |
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, vināyaka, p. 972,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.