MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ashish mean?
Sanskrit āśis denotes a blessing or good wish and underlies the name Ashish. Hindi uses āśīṣ for words of goodwill, including blessings from elders.
Pronunciation
IAST: āśīṣa
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
आशीष
Letter-by-letter: āśīṣa
Conventional spelling
Bengali
আশীষ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
आशिष
Letter-by-letter: āśiṣa
27,929 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
अशीष
Letter-by-letter: aśīṣa
17,010 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
आशीश
Letter-by-letter: āśīśa
9,053 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
अशीश
Letter-by-letter: aśīśa
2,160 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Bengali
আশিষ
1,405 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ashish in Indian usage
367,548 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 2,556 records (0.7%).
- Recorded as male: 364,992 records (99.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 289 |
| 1940s | 397 |
| 1950s | 1,342 |
| 1960s | 6,103 |
| 1970s | 32,576 |
| 1980s | 139,937 |
| 1990s | 186,708 |
| Other decades | 196 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 167,686 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 57,184 |
| Bihar | 35,999 |
| Rajasthan | 23,234 |
| Delhi | 18,988 |
| Jharkhand | 16,240 |
| Haryana | 14,909 |
| Uttarakhand | 12,749 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 4,839 |
| Punjab | 4,683 |
| Tripura | 3,441 |
| Kerala | 2,895 |
| Assam | 1,019 |
| Chandigarh | 1,000 |
| Maharashtra | 747 |
| Goa | 574 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 354 |
| Odisha | 293 |
| Meghalaya | 174 |
| Sikkim | 126 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 106 |
| Other states | 308 |
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: आशीष ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Wiktionary: Ashish ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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