MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Chirag mean?
Chirag is the Persian word for a lamp, widely used in Urdu and Hindi. Its role as a household light also gives it a metaphorical place in affectionate naming.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
चिराग़
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
चिराग
8,283 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Chirag in Indian usage
11,563 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 186 records (1.6%).
- Recorded as male: 11,377 records (98.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 169 |
| 1960s | 282 |
| 1970s | 463 |
| 1980s | 2,810 |
| 1990s | 7,664 |
| Other decades | 175 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 2,970 |
| Haryana | 2,213 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,011 |
| Delhi | 1,222 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,056 |
| Punjab | 656 |
| Bihar | 399 |
| Uttarakhand | 270 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 227 |
| Jharkhand | 162 |
| Maharashtra | 105 |
| Other states | 272 |
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