MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Chandrika mean?
Sanskrit candrikā names the light of the moon. Figuratively it also denotes an explanation that illuminates a subject, which accounts for its use in commentary titles. The same word occurs in Sanskrit music vocabulary for a particular measure.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
चन्द्रिका
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
चंद्रिका
Letter-by-letter: caṃdrikā
20,543 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Chandrika in Indian usage
32,483 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 32,248 records (99.3%).
- Recorded as male: 235 records (0.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 1,681 |
| 1950s | 8,865 |
| 1960s | 11,401 |
| 1970s | 6,462 |
| 1980s | 2,199 |
| 1990s | 1,661 |
| Other decades | 214 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 29,025 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2,642 |
| Goa | 318 |
| Delhi | 231 |
| Other states | 267 |
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, candrikā, p. 388,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.