MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Anshuman mean?
Anshuman comes from aṃśumat, possessing rays or radiance. The word can name the sun or moon. In the Sagara story, Anshuman is the grandson who begins the family quest to bring the Ganga to earth.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अंशुमान
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Anshuman in Indian usage
4,063 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling अंशुमान.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,502 |
| 1990s | 2,214 |
| Other decades | 347 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 3,124 |
| Bihar | 442 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 302 |
| Other states | 195 |
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 | Anshuman / M | 3 | 5,137 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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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
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Anshuman; Table_6, C5266 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Anshuman; Table_6, C5266
- Monier-Williams, aṃśumat, p. 1,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.