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Bhikam

Alms; gift sought in humility

Bhikam means “Alms; gift sought in humility”.

Origin language
Hindi / Sanskrit
First letter
B
Historical records
12,143

MEANING & CONTEXT

What does Bhikam mean?

Bhikam belongs to the vernacular family of bhīkh, “alms”. The name uses the language of asking or receiving a gift, familiar in older North Indian household naming.

Spellings in Indian scripts

Devanagari

भीकम

Conventional spelling

About spelling and pronunciation

HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS

Bhikam in Indian usage

12,143 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.

The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.

By birth decade

Bhikam: records by birth decade1940s: 7811940s1950s: 1,5201950s1960s: 2,4331960s1970s: 2,6401970s1980s: 2,6381980s1990s: 1,8341990sOther decades: 297Other decades
Recorded birth years 1910–2001.
Birth decadeRecords
1940s781
1950s1,520
1960s2,433
1970s2,640
1980s2,638
1990s1,834
Other decades297

By state or territory

State / territoryRecords
Uttar Pradesh6,250
Madhya Pradesh4,545
Rajasthan1,175
Other states173
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

  1. Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001

  2. Monier-Williams, bhikṣā, p. 756,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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