MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Abhilasha mean?
Abhilasha is the feminine noun associated with Sanskrit abhilāṣa, longing or desire. It can express a heartfelt wish or an ambition, which explains its familiar use as an aspirational girl's name.
Meaning themes
aspiration
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अभिलाषा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Abhilasha in Indian usage
28,605 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 28,030 records (98%).
- Recorded as male: 575 records (2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 229 |
| 1960s | 896 |
| 1970s | 3,847 |
| 1980s | 11,232 |
| 1990s | 12,273 |
| Other decades | 128 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 12,628 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 6,723 |
| Bihar | 5,289 |
| Rajasthan | 2,217 |
| Jharkhand | 668 |
| Uttarakhand | 393 |
| Haryana | 345 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 217 |
| Other states | 125 |
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, abhilāṣa, p. 68,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.