MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Gaphar mean?
Gaphar represents Ghaffar, an intensive Arabic formation from the verb for forgiving. Al-Ghaffar is a divine epithet in Islamic devotional language.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
ग़फ़्फ़ार
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
गफार
5,474 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Gaphar in Indian usage
6,767 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (87%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 878 records (13%).
- Recorded as male: 5,889 records (87%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 505 |
| 1950s | 993 |
| 1960s | 1,526 |
| 1970s | 1,714 |
| 1980s | 1,361 |
| 1990s | 443 |
| Other decades | 225 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Maharashtra | 2,270 |
| Bihar | 2,008 |
| Rajasthan | 931 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 560 |
| Jharkhand | 539 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 184 |
| Haryana | 141 |
| Other states | 134 |
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