MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Din mean?
Arabic dīn, written دين, means religion or faith and entered Urdu personal names. Hindi दीन is also a separate Sanskrit-derived word for someone poor or afflicted, with a devotional use expressing humility.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
दीन
Conventional spelling
Arabic
دين
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Din in Indian usage
32,234 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (97.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 780 records (2.4%).
- Recorded as male: 31,454 records (97.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 666 |
| 1940s | 2,120 |
| 1950s | 3,958 |
| 1960s | 6,027 |
| 1970s | 7,262 |
| 1980s | 7,328 |
| 1990s | 4,684 |
| Other decades | 189 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 14,023 |
| Rajasthan | 3,485 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,210 |
| Bihar | 3,080 |
| Haryana | 2,920 |
| Delhi | 1,666 |
| Jharkhand | 1,174 |
| Punjab | 569 |
| Uttarakhand | 514 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 482 |
| Maharashtra | 397 |
| Assam | 337 |
| Other states | 377 |
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): Din ↗ (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: दीन ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, dīna, p. 480,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: دين ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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