MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Anshu mean?
Aṃśu is a Sanskrit word for a ray or slender thread. Sanskrit aṃśu can also describe a fine filament or thread.
Pronunciation
IAST: aṃśu
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अंशु
Letter-by-letter: aṃśu
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
अंशू
Letter-by-letter: aṃśū
13,311 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
अन्शू
Letter-by-letter: anśū
2,800 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
अन्शु
Letter-by-letter: anśu
1,761 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Anshu in Indian usage
47,896 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: 37,309 records (77.9%).
- Recorded as male: 10,587 records (22.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 207 |
| 1960s | 961 |
| 1970s | 4,346 |
| 1980s | 15,508 |
| 1990s | 26,733 |
| Other decades | 141 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 25,030 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 12,545 |
| Jharkhand | 2,712 |
| Rajasthan | 1,918 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,895 |
| Haryana | 1,357 |
| Delhi | 1,162 |
| Uttarakhand | 822 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 151 |
| Other states | 304 |
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, aṃśu, p. 1,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.