MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Dhup mean?
Dhup is the everyday Hindi word for sunshine. Sanskrit dhupa and its Hindi continuation also mean incense, especially the fragrant smoke used in worship.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
धूप
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Dhup in Indian usage
6,114 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (89.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 633 records (10.4%).
- Recorded as male: 5,481 records (89.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 842 |
| 1950s | 1,130 |
| 1960s | 1,487 |
| 1970s | 1,220 |
| 1980s | 673 |
| 1990s | 388 |
| Other decades | 374 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Haryana | 2,368 |
| Bihar | 1,535 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,037 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 602 |
| Rajasthan | 220 |
| Delhi | 129 |
| Other states | 223 |
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
- Monier-Williams, dhūpa, p. 517,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.