MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Appu mean?
Appu is a familiar South Indian affectionate name. Its connection with appa or appan, father, allows the same family vocabulary to become an endearing address for a child.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अप्पु
Conventional spelling
Tamil
அப்பு
Conventional spelling
Malayalam
അപ്പു
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Appu in Indian usage
6,918 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (97.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 153 records (2.2%).
- Recorded as male: 6,765 records (97.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 1,181 |
| 1950s | 1,517 |
| 1960s | 903 |
| 1970s | 610 |
| 1980s | 1,069 |
| 1990s | 1,136 |
| Other decades | 502 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 4,924 |
| Bihar | 862 |
| Karnataka | 607 |
| Jharkhand | 168 |
| Other states | 357 |
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
- Wiktionary: அப்பு ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Wiktionary: அப்பன் ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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