Mohandas
Origin
Sanskrit
Syllables
4
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
“Sanskrit for servant of Mohan, an epithet of Krishna; famously borne by Mohandas Gandhi, who led India's independence movement through nonviolent resistance.”
Popularity, 1890–2024
Mohandas does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick.
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