MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Chanda mean?
The familiar Hindi moon name Chanda differs from Sanskrit caṇḍa, fierce, which has a retroflex consonant. Chandamama uses the same familiar lunar form in affectionate address.
Pronunciation
IAST: candā
/t͡ʃən.d̪ɑː/
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
चंदा
Letter-by-letter: candā
Conventional spelling
Tamil
சந்தா
Conventional spelling
About spelling and pronunciation
Pronunciation in the dictionary
चंदा: /t͡ʃən.d̪ɑː/ Wiktionary ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Chanda in Indian usage
251,461 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (95.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 239,629 records (95.3%).
- Recorded as male: 11,832 records (4.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 898 |
| 1930s | 3,453 |
| 1940s | 8,764 |
| 1950s | 17,372 |
| 1960s | 34,618 |
| 1970s | 52,145 |
| 1980s | 74,209 |
| 1990s | 59,902 |
| Other decades | 100 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 77,788 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 70,708 |
| Rajasthan | 39,594 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 34,102 |
| Jharkhand | 9,394 |
| Delhi | 5,950 |
| Odisha | 4,228 |
| Haryana | 2,732 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,945 |
| Maharashtra | 1,014 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 954 |
| Karnataka | 765 |
| Assam | 649 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 487 |
| Chandigarh | 228 |
| Goa | 202 |
| Meghalaya | 142 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 124 |
| Other states | 455 |
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
- Wiktionary: चंदा ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.