MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Chainchal mean?
Chainchal is a Punjabi vernacular form of Chanchal, from Sanskrit cancala. Its everyday naming sense is lively or playful, while the older adjective can also describe movement and unsteadiness.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Gurmukhi
ਚੈਂਚਲ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
चैंचल
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Chainchal in Indian usage
1,529 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (83.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 256 records (16.7%).
- Recorded as male: 1,273 records (83.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 289 |
| 1950s | 347 |
| 1960s | 340 |
| 1970s | 249 |
| 1980s | 147 |
| Other decades | 157 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Other states | 1,529 |
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, cañcala, p. 382,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.