MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Harishchand mean?
Harishchand continues Harishchandra, whose Sanskrit form carries the sense of golden splendour. King Harishchandra is celebrated in Indian narrative for keeping his word through severe trials.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
हरिश्चन्द
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Harishchand in Indian usage
9,223 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling हरिश्चन्द.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 1,161 |
| 1960s | 2,104 |
| 1970s | 2,262 |
| 1980s | 2,228 |
| 1990s | 917 |
| Other decades | 551 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 9,223 |
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
- Monier-Williams, hariścandra, p. 1290,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.