MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Amrit mean?
Amṛta combines a negative prefix with mṛta, dead, giving deathless. As a noun it denotes divine nectar, including the nectar obtained in the ocean-churning narrative.
Pronunciation
IAST: amṛta
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अमृत
Letter-by-letter: amṛta
Conventional spelling
Bengali
অমৃত
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Amrit in Indian usage
75,418 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (81.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 14,016 records (18.6%).
- Recorded as male: 61,402 records (81.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,568 |
| 1940s | 4,323 |
| 1950s | 7,613 |
| 1960s | 11,396 |
| 1970s | 13,630 |
| 1980s | 19,396 |
| 1990s | 16,997 |
| Other decades | 495 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 16,827 |
| Rajasthan | 10,621 |
| Punjab | 9,440 |
| Bihar | 9,370 |
| Jharkhand | 8,411 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 6,903 |
| Haryana | 4,905 |
| Tripura | 2,121 |
| Assam | 2,116 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1,262 |
| Uttarakhand | 763 |
| Delhi | 651 |
| Chandigarh | 581 |
| Maharashtra | 387 |
| Sikkim | 291 |
| Kerala | 219 |
| Meghalaya | 181 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 105 |
| Other states | 264 |
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 | Amrit / M | 7 | 2,952 |
| England & Wales | Amrit / F | 12 | 2,278 |
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 Amrit; Table_6, C2976 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Amrit; Table_6, C2976
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Amrit; Table_6, C2290 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Amrit; Table_6, C2290
- Wiktionary: अमृत ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.