MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Chan mean?
Chan is a regional eastern form of chand, the moon. It is also used affectionately for a child in Bengali and neighbouring speech.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
चान
Conventional spelling
Bengali
চান
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Chan in Indian usage
3,864 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: 1,327 records (34.3%).
- Recorded as male: 2,537 records (65.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 216 |
| 1950s | 427 |
| 1960s | 661 |
| 1970s | 848 |
| 1980s | 913 |
| 1990s | 645 |
| Other decades | 154 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Assam | 2,859 |
| Bihar | 323 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 258 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 120 |
| Tripura | 102 |
| Other states | 202 |
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