MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Balesh mean?
The Sanskrit whole word baleśa denotes the commander of an army. Its formation joins bala, force or strength, with īśa, lord, giving Balesh a clear leadership sense.
Pronunciation
IAST: baleśa
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बलेश
Letter-by-letter: baleśa
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
बालेश
Letter-by-letter: bāleśa
6,488 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Balesh in Indian usage
7,183 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: 5,562 records (77.4%).
- Recorded as male: 1,621 records (22.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,733 |
| 1970s | 2,358 |
| 1980s | 1,963 |
| 1990s | 637 |
| Other decades | 492 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 5,063 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,046 |
| Haryana | 654 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 160 |
| Rajasthan | 128 |
| Other states | 132 |
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, baleśa, p. 723,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.