MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Chandrakanta mean?
Chandrakanta can represent feminine Candrakāntā, the moon’s beloved. Masculine Candrakānta describes something lovely as the moon. The masculine word also denotes moonstone in Sanskrit poetry.
Pronunciation
IAST: candrakāntā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
चन्द्रकान्ता
Letter-by-letter: candrakāntā
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Chandrakanta in Indian usage
23,484 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: 13,901 records (59.2%).
- Recorded as male: 9,583 records (40.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 551 |
| 1940s | 1,853 |
| 1950s | 3,327 |
| 1960s | 4,112 |
| 1970s | 4,203 |
| 1980s | 4,918 |
| 1990s | 4,394 |
| Other decades | 126 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 7,592 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 6,767 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,675 |
| Bihar | 2,150 |
| Assam | 1,073 |
| Jharkhand | 708 |
| Uttarakhand | 658 |
| Haryana | 488 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 131 |
| Tripura | 130 |
| Other states | 112 |
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, candrakāntā, p. 386,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, candrakānta, p. 386,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.