MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Chhotu mean?
Hindi choṭā, small, supplies the child-address Chhotu, which can persist as a personal name. Chhote and Chhoti are related familiar forms of the small adjective.
Pronunciation
IAST: choṭū
Meaning themes
affectionyouth
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
छोटू
Letter-by-letter: choṭū
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
छोटु
Letter-by-letter: choṭu
7,957 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Chhotu in Indian usage
96,059 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (91.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 7,924 records (8.2%).
- Recorded as male: 88,135 records (91.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 2,176 |
| 1940s | 5,015 |
| 1950s | 7,466 |
| 1960s | 10,367 |
| 1970s | 11,151 |
| 1980s | 21,598 |
| 1990s | 37,529 |
| Other decades | 757 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 27,148 |
| Bihar | 25,869 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 18,359 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 8,539 |
| Jharkhand | 7,779 |
| Haryana | 4,223 |
| Punjab | 1,796 |
| Maharashtra | 857 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 615 |
| Odisha | 406 |
| Other states | 468 |
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