MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Chandra mean?
Candra is both a bright adjective and the moon's name, and it is widely used as an element in longer names. The related feminine Chandrika names moonlight.
Pronunciation
IAST: candra
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
चन्द्र
Letter-by-letter: candra
Conventional spelling
Bengali
চন্দ্র
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
चंद्र
Letter-by-letter: caṃdra
40,729 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Chandra in Indian usage
381,147 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: 116,522 records (30.6%).
- Recorded as male: 264,625 records (69.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 1,921 |
| 1930s | 8,680 |
| 1940s | 24,546 |
| 1950s | 46,309 |
| 1960s | 69,681 |
| 1970s | 78,250 |
| 1980s | 95,304 |
| 1990s | 56,253 |
| Other decades | 203 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 122,708 |
| Bihar | 49,007 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 45,427 |
| Haryana | 37,364 |
| Rajasthan | 25,526 |
| Odisha | 23,306 |
| Uttarakhand | 15,328 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 13,958 |
| Jharkhand | 11,152 |
| Delhi | 10,045 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 8,362 |
| Assam | 6,498 |
| Sikkim | 3,609 |
| Kerala | 2,440 |
| Tripura | 1,540 |
| Chandigarh | 947 |
| Puducherry | 781 |
| Manipur | 550 |
| Maharashtra | 545 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 501 |
| Meghalaya | 428 |
| Mizoram | 423 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 218 |
| Goa | 196 |
| Nagaland | 185 |
| Other states | 103 |
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.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Chandra ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- 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.