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Vishun

Vishnu, the preserving deity

Vishun means “Vishnu, the preserving deity”.

Origin language
Sanskrit / Hindi
First letter
V
Historical records
17,283

MEANING & CONTEXT

What does Vishun mean?

Vishun is a northern vernacular form of Vishnu, one of the Hindu Trimurti. Among the ten avatars of Vishnu, the epics tell of Rama and Krishna, and the Vishnu Sahasranama lists a thousand of his names.

Meaning themes

Spellings in Indian scripts

Devanagari

विष्णु

Conventional spelling

About spelling and pronunciation

HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS

Vishun in Indian usage

17,283 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.

These totals and margins describe the spelling विशुन.

Mostly recorded for boys (87.8%) in these historical records.

  • Recorded as female: 2,108 records (12.2%).
  • Recorded as male: 15,175 records (87.8%).

By birth decade

Vishun: records by birth decade1940s: 1,7981940s1950s: 2,9541950s1960s: 3,7481960s1970s: 3,4371970s1980s: 3,0641980s1990s: 1,5811990sOther decades: 701Other decades
Recorded birth years 1910–2001.
Birth decadeRecords
1940s1,798
1950s2,954
1960s3,748
1970s3,437
1980s3,064
1990s1,581
Other decades701

By state or territory

State / territoryRecords
Uttar Pradesh9,295
Bihar5,770
Jharkhand2,218
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

  1. Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001

  2. Monier-Williams, viṣṇu, p. 999,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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