MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Hoshiyar mean?
Hoshiyar comes from Persian hūshyār, built around hūsh, awareness or sense. Hindi and Urdu use it for alertness and practical understanding.
Meaning themes
awareness
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
होशियार
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Hoshiyar in Indian usage
17,575 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 212 records (1.2%).
- Recorded as male: 17,363 records (98.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 627 |
| 1940s | 1,576 |
| 1950s | 2,660 |
| 1960s | 3,589 |
| 1970s | 3,581 |
| 1980s | 3,418 |
| 1990s | 2,011 |
| Other decades | 113 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Haryana | 5,401 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 3,688 |
| Rajasthan | 3,146 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 2,407 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,944 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 844 |
| Other states | 145 |
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