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INDIAN NAME REFERENCE

Viswanathan

Lord of the universe; Shiva

Viswanathan means “Lord of the universe; Shiva”.

Origin language
Sanskrit / Tamil / Malayalam
First letter
V
Historical records
13,331

MEANING & CONTEXT

What does Viswanathan mean?

Viswanathan is a southern form of Vishvanatha, “lord of the universe”. The title identifies Shiva and is especially familiar from his worship at Kashi.

Meaning themes

Spellings in Indian scripts

Devanagari

विश्वनाथन

Conventional spelling

Malayalam

വിശ്വനാഥൻ

Conventional spelling

About spelling and pronunciation

HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS

Viswanathan in Indian usage

13,331 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.

The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.

By birth decade

Viswanathan: records by birth decade1930s: 4751930s1940s: 2,1211940s1950s: 4,1021950s1960s: 4,0631960s1970s: 1,8961970s1980s: 5021980sOther decades: 172Other decades
Recorded birth years 1910–2001.
Birth decadeRecords
1930s475
1940s2,121
1950s4,102
1960s4,063
1970s1,896
1980s502
Other decades172

By state or territory

State / territoryRecords
Kerala13,028
Other states303
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. Wiktionary: विश्वनाथ ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    meaning

  3. Wiktionary: விஸ்வநாதன் ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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