MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Abhay mean?
Fear, bhaya, is negated by the prefix a in Sanskrit abhaya. The abhaya hand gesture uses the same word to convey an assurance of safety. In the gesture, an open palm is raised toward the viewer.
Pronunciation
IAST: abhaya
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अभय
Letter-by-letter: abhaya
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Abhay in Indian usage
113,310 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (96.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 3,520 records (3.1%).
- Recorded as male: 109,790 records (96.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 365 |
| 1940s | 1,346 |
| 1950s | 4,943 |
| 1960s | 12,294 |
| 1970s | 22,621 |
| 1980s | 35,294 |
| 1990s | 36,248 |
| Other decades | 199 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 37,450 |
| Bihar | 34,705 |
| Odisha | 14,063 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 7,310 |
| Jharkhand | 6,544 |
| Rajasthan | 4,308 |
| Haryana | 3,291 |
| Delhi | 2,523 |
| Uttarakhand | 831 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 486 |
| Assam | 412 |
| Kerala | 368 |
| Goa | 365 |
| Punjab | 160 |
| Chandigarh | 139 |
| Maharashtra | 126 |
| Other states | 229 |
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 | Abhay / M | 10 | 2,269 |
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 Abhay; Table_6, C2275 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Abhay; Table_6, C2275
- Monier-Williams, abhaya, p. 60,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: Abhay ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Wiktionary: अभय ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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