MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Antu mean?
Antu is recorded in Sanskrit as a word for a guardian or protector. The dictionary also gives mark or distinguishing feature as a separate sense of the same word.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अन्तु
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
अंतु
Letter-by-letter: aṃtu
850 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Antu in Indian usage
6,723 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: 1,662 records (24.7%).
- Recorded as male: 5,061 records (75.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 391 |
| 1950s | 685 |
| 1960s | 1,239 |
| 1970s | 1,353 |
| 1980s | 1,492 |
| 1990s | 1,336 |
| Other decades | 227 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 1,932 |
| Jharkhand | 1,546 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,054 |
| Kerala | 1,030 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 314 |
| Rajasthan | 240 |
| Haryana | 214 |
| Odisha | 107 |
| Other states | 286 |
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, antu, p. 1313,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.