MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Gaphur mean?
Gaphur is the Indian vernacular form of Arabic Ghafur, forgiving. Al-Ghafur is a divine epithet expressing abundant forgiveness, and the word is also used in personal names.
Meaning themes
mercy
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
गफ़ूर
Conventional spelling
Arabic
غفور
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
गफूर
6,827 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
गफुर
4,252 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Gaphur in Indian usage
6,044 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (81.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,106 records (18.3%).
- Recorded as male: 4,938 records (81.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 376 |
| 1940s | 808 |
| 1950s | 1,087 |
| 1960s | 1,278 |
| 1970s | 1,291 |
| 1980s | 879 |
| 1990s | 207 |
| Other decades | 118 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Maharashtra | 3,424 |
| Bihar | 871 |
| Rajasthan | 459 |
| Jharkhand | 439 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 333 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 207 |
| Other states | 311 |
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