MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Durvesh mean?
Durvesh is a northern personal form of darvesh, the Persian word for a dervish or ascetic. In South Asian usage, darvesh can refer to someone dedicated to a simple spiritual life.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
दुर्वेश
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Durvesh in Indian usage
8,337 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (83.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,350 records (16.2%).
- Recorded as male: 6,987 records (83.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 367 |
| 1970s | 1,088 |
| 1980s | 3,079 |
| 1990s | 3,694 |
| Other decades | 109 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 7,925 |
| Gujarat | 126 |
| Other states | 286 |
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