MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Asiph mean?
Asif is the name of the wise counsellor connected with Solomon in Persian and Urdu storytelling. That literary figure gives the name a stable cultural referent even though popular literal explanations of the name vary.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
आसिफ़
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
आसिफ
61,854 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
आसीफ
6,837 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Asiph in Indian usage
8,038 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 158 records (2%).
- Recorded as male: 7,880 records (98%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 943 |
| 1980s | 2,999 |
| 1990s | 3,807 |
| Other decades | 289 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 3,215 |
| Delhi | 2,876 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1,589 |
| Goa | 224 |
| Other states | 134 |
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