MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ishavar mean?
Ishvara is the Sanskrit word for a lord or supreme being. It also names Shiva, and the title is widely used across Indian philosophical and devotional language.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Gurmukhi
ਈਸ਼ਵਰ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
ईश्वर
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
ईशवर
Letter-by-letter: īśavara
2,681 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ishavar in Indian usage
8,814 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (92.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 691 records (7.8%).
- Recorded as male: 8,123 records (92.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 803 |
| 1950s | 1,471 |
| 1960s | 1,979 |
| 1970s | 1,899 |
| 1980s | 1,543 |
| 1990s | 835 |
| Other decades | 284 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Jharkhand | 2,710 |
| Haryana | 2,418 |
| Punjab | 2,149 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 389 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 362 |
| Rajasthan | 323 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 299 |
| Other states | 164 |
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, īśvara, p. 171,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.