MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Haniph mean?
Arabic hanif describes a person devoted to the worship of one God. In the Quran it is a description of Abraham, giving Haniph a scriptural association beyond the general sense of uprightness.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Bengali
হানিফ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
हनीफ़
Conventional spelling
Arabic
حنيف
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Haniph in Indian usage
5,132 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (97.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 118 records (2.3%).
- Recorded as male: 5,014 records (97.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 183 |
| 1950s | 379 |
| 1960s | 789 |
| 1970s | 1,072 |
| 1980s | 1,270 |
| 1990s | 1,271 |
| Other decades | 168 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Assam | 4,573 |
| Tripura | 257 |
| Maharashtra | 194 |
| Other states | 108 |
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