MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Anjan mean?
Anjan is the Sanskrit word for an eye pigment or ointment. Its broader senses include applying pigment and embellishment, which connect the name to adornment.
Pronunciation
IAST: añjana
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अंजन
Letter-by-letter: añjana
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Anjan in Indian usage
6,473 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: 1,986 records (30.7%).
- Recorded as male: 4,487 records (69.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 225 |
| 1960s | 556 |
| 1970s | 1,253 |
| 1980s | 2,334 |
| 1990s | 1,955 |
| Other decades | 150 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 3,093 |
| Jharkhand | 1,186 |
| Delhi | 544 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 522 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 307 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 235 |
| Rajasthan | 104 |
| Other states | 482 |
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, añjana, p. 11,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.