MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Chitra mean?
Chitra is the feminine of Sanskrit citra, bright, variegated, or wonderful. In traditional Indian astronomy, it also names the star Spica. The name is established in Tamil and Malayalam as well as Sanskrit-derived northern naming.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
चित्रा
Conventional spelling
Tamil
சித்ரா
Conventional spelling
Malayalam
ചിത്ര
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Chitra in Indian usage
30,740 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (90.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 27,895 records (90.7%).
- Recorded as male: 2,845 records (9.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 556 |
| 1950s | 1,149 |
| 1960s | 10,681 |
| 1970s | 5,725 |
| 1980s | 8,028 |
| 1990s | 4,281 |
| Other decades | 320 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 13,155 |
| Kerala | 10,404 |
| Puducherry | 3,045 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1,874 |
| Delhi | 1,331 |
| Goa | 288 |
| Sikkim | 191 |
| Meghalaya | 127 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 100 |
| Other states | 225 |
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
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Chitra ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Wiktionary: चित्र ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Monier-Williams, citra, p. 396,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, citrā, p. 396,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.