MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bahadar mean?
Bahadar is a Punjabi form of the Persian title bahādur. The word moved from a title of valour into ordinary vocabulary and personal naming across South Asia.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बहादुर
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਬਹਾਦਰ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bahadar in Indian usage
13,597 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 1,072 |
| 1950s | 2,019 |
| 1960s | 3,341 |
| 1970s | 3,388 |
| 1980s | 2,473 |
| 1990s | 877 |
| Other decades | 427 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Punjab | 10,443 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,114 |
| Haryana | 797 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 542 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 275 |
| Rajasthan | 244 |
| Other states | 182 |
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