MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ishtiyak mean?
The Arabic noun ishtiyāq expresses longing and eager desire for someone or something. Ishtiyak entered South Asian naming through Urdu, where the word also occurs in poetry of yearning.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
इश्तियाक़
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
इश्तियाक
7,482 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ishtiyak in Indian usage
7,482 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling इश्तियाक.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 636 |
| 1960s | 1,195 |
| 1970s | 1,616 |
| 1980s | 2,416 |
| 1990s | 1,312 |
| Other decades | 307 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 7,128 |
| Other states | 354 |
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