MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Achla mean?
Achla is the familiar contracted form of Sanskrit Achala, immovable or steadfast. The feminine noun also names the earth, giving the name a specific natural referent.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अचला
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Achla in Indian usage
5,098 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 2,859 records (56.1%).
- Recorded as male: 2,239 records (43.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 430 |
| 1950s | 772 |
| 1960s | 1,121 |
| 1970s | 908 |
| 1980s | 871 |
| 1990s | 814 |
| Other decades | 182 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 2,439 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 929 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 473 |
| Jharkhand | 408 |
| Bihar | 219 |
| Haryana | 192 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 117 |
| Punjab | 100 |
| Other states | 221 |
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, acala, p. 8,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, acalā, p. 8,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.