MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Adarsh mean?
Adarsh is the Sanskrit word for ideal perfection or a model. Another old sense is a mirror, linking the idea of an example with something that shows or reflects a form.
Meaning themes
guidance
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
आदर्श
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Adarsh in Indian usage
28,633 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (94.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,558 records (5.4%).
- Recorded as male: 27,075 records (94.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 702 |
| 1960s | 930 |
| 1970s | 1,751 |
| 1980s | 5,933 |
| 1990s | 18,925 |
| Other decades | 392 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 11,724 |
| Kerala | 6,471 |
| Bihar | 4,544 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,116 |
| Delhi | 1,097 |
| Jharkhand | 624 |
| Rajasthan | 596 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 530 |
| Uttarakhand | 248 |
| Haryana | 245 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 130 |
| Other states | 308 |
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, ādarśa, p. 138,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.