MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Chandar mean?
The Sanskrit moon word candra appears in vernacular use as Chandar. It is used independently and in names such as Ramchandar.
Pronunciation
IAST: candara
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
चन्दर
Letter-by-letter: candara
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
चंदर
Letter-by-letter: caṃdara
21,231 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Chandar in Indian usage
45,751 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: 10,652 records (23.3%).
- Recorded as male: 35,099 records (76.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,668 |
| 1940s | 4,497 |
| 1950s | 8,421 |
| 1960s | 11,836 |
| 1970s | 10,138 |
| 1980s | 5,831 |
| 1990s | 2,898 |
| Other decades | 462 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 15,779 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 8,595 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 7,308 |
| Haryana | 4,843 |
| Jharkhand | 3,052 |
| Rajasthan | 2,912 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 703 |
| Uttarakhand | 679 |
| Chandigarh | 521 |
| Delhi | 469 |
| Maharashtra | 321 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 308 |
| Odisha | 114 |
| Other states | 147 |
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, candra, p. 386,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.