MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Danish mean?
Persian dānish is a noun for knowledge or understanding. Its source is the verb for knowing, and the word passed into Urdu as both ordinary vocabulary and a personal name.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
दानिश
Conventional spelling
Arabic
دانش
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Danish in Indian usage
32,534 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (97.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 825 records (2.5%).
- Recorded as male: 31,709 records (97.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 303 |
| 1970s | 1,335 |
| 1980s | 9,887 |
| 1990s | 20,849 |
| Other decades | 160 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 22,105 |
| Bihar | 3,045 |
| Delhi | 1,650 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,317 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,267 |
| Jharkhand | 833 |
| Rajasthan | 829 |
| Kerala | 530 |
| Maharashtra | 466 |
| Punjab | 206 |
| Haryana | 120 |
| Other states | 166 |
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.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Danish / M | 6 | 3,256 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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Sources
- Wiktionary: Danish ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Danish; Table_6, C3341 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Danish; Table_6, C3341
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.