MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Chandu mean?
The moon-name Chandra can be shortened to Chandu. It preserves the moon association of the longer names.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
चन्दू
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
चन्दु
Letter-by-letter: candu
5,942 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
चंदु
Letter-by-letter: caṃdu
4,454 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
चंदू
Letter-by-letter: caṃdū
2,891 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Chandu in Indian usage
39,095 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: 16,670 records (42.6%).
- Recorded as male: 22,425 records (57.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 515 |
| 1940s | 1,240 |
| 1950s | 2,145 |
| 1960s | 3,183 |
| 1970s | 3,757 |
| 1980s | 14,312 |
| 1990s | 13,792 |
| Other decades | 151 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 21,321 |
| Jharkhand | 3,127 |
| Bihar | 3,123 |
| Rajasthan | 3,079 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2,236 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,969 |
| Kerala | 1,132 |
| Karnataka | 1,048 |
| Haryana | 472 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 444 |
| Delhi | 442 |
| Maharashtra | 293 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 139 |
| Other states | 270 |
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