MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Himanshu mean?
Himanshu is a Sanskrit title of the moon, literally the one with cool rays. The compound joins hima, cold or frost, with amshu, ray. The dictionary also applies the same word to camphor.
Pronunciation
IAST: himāṃśu
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
हिमांशु
Letter-by-letter: himāṃśu
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
हिमांशू
Letter-by-letter: himāṃśū
8,857 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
हिमान्शु
Letter-by-letter: himānśu
3,393 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Himanshu in Indian usage
8,143 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 134 records (1.6%).
- Recorded as male: 8,009 records (98.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 376 |
| 1980s | 2,437 |
| 1990s | 5,230 |
| Other decades | 100 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Delhi | 8,015 |
| Other states | 128 |
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, himāṃśu, p. 1299,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.