MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Abhishek mean?
Abhiṣeka is the ceremonial pouring of water or other liquids in consecration. The term is used for royal anointing as well as rites involving temple images.
Pronunciation
IAST: abhiṣeka
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अभिषेक
Letter-by-letter: abhiṣeka
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Abhishek in Indian usage
298,773 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,296 records (0.4%).
- Recorded as male: 297,477 records (99.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 302 |
| 1940s | 113 |
| 1950s | 281 |
| 1960s | 1,088 |
| 1970s | 12,332 |
| 1980s | 100,288 |
| 1990s | 184,224 |
| Other decades | 145 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 124,201 |
| Bihar | 70,966 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 33,482 |
| Rajasthan | 19,308 |
| Jharkhand | 15,332 |
| Delhi | 11,368 |
| Haryana | 8,514 |
| Uttarakhand | 5,682 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 3,613 |
| Kerala | 2,534 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 890 |
| Chandigarh | 729 |
| Tripura | 443 |
| Goa | 377 |
| Maharashtra | 372 |
| Assam | 360 |
| Meghalaya | 137 |
| Other states | 465 |
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 | Abhishek / M | 3 | 5,137 |
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 Abhishek; Table_6, C5173 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Abhishek; Table_6, C5173
- Monier-Williams, abhiṣeka, p. 71,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: अभिषेक ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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