MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ankush mean?
The Sanskrit noun aṅkuśa denotes the hooked instrument used by an elephant driver. Its figurative use for restraint gives Ankush a familiar connection with control and guidance.
Meaning themes
guidance
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अंकुश
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ankush in Indian usage
35,747 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: 1,915 records (5.4%).
- Recorded as male: 33,832 records (94.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 224 |
| 1950s | 443 |
| 1960s | 847 |
| 1970s | 1,676 |
| 1980s | 9,176 |
| 1990s | 23,258 |
| Other decades | 123 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 10,895 |
| Haryana | 5,224 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,859 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 3,431 |
| Maharashtra | 2,723 |
| Bihar | 2,426 |
| Delhi | 2,339 |
| Rajasthan | 2,124 |
| Uttarakhand | 998 |
| Goa | 888 |
| Chandigarh | 367 |
| Jharkhand | 318 |
| Other states | 155 |
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, aṅkuśa, p. 7,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: अंकुश ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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