MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Him mean?
Him preserves the Sanskrit noun hima, snow or frost. The same element opens Himalaya, the name interpreted as the abode of snow.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
हिम
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Him in Indian usage
1,316 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 575 records (43.7%).
- Recorded as male: 741 records (56.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 122 |
| 1960s | 170 |
| 1970s | 274 |
| 1980s | 406 |
| 1990s | 241 |
| Other decades | 103 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Himachal Pradesh | 516 |
| Delhi | 146 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 125 |
| Other states | 529 |
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, hima, p. 1298,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.