MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Anchal mean?
Anchal comes from the word for the edge or loose end of a garment. In Hindi imagery, the fold of a mother's sari gives the name an association with shelter and affectionate care.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
आँचल
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
आंचल
Letter-by-letter: āṃcala
11,954 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Gurmukhi
ਆਂਚਲ
1,042 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Anchal in Indian usage
13,617 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (95.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 12,967 records (95.2%).
- Recorded as male: 650 records (4.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 548 |
| 1980s | 3,656 |
| 1990s | 9,266 |
| Other decades | 147 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 6,995 |
| Bihar | 1,276 |
| Punjab | 1,108 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,035 |
| Rajasthan | 820 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 796 |
| Haryana | 670 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 642 |
| Jharkhand | 159 |
| Other states | 116 |
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
- Wiktionary: आँचल ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, añcala, p. 11,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.