MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ishwar mean?
Sanskrit īśvara is a noun for a lord or supreme being. The Sanskrit adjective īśvara can also describe someone able, powerful or in command.
Pronunciation
IAST: īśvara
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
ईश्वर
Letter-by-letter: īśvara
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
इश्वर
Letter-by-letter: iśvara
3,711 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ishwar in Indian usage
120,941 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (91.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 10,429 records (8.6%).
- Recorded as male: 110,512 records (91.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 2,841 |
| 1940s | 8,851 |
| 1950s | 17,147 |
| 1960s | 23,220 |
| 1970s | 22,736 |
| 1980s | 25,305 |
| 1990s | 20,204 |
| Other decades | 637 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Haryana | 27,676 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 26,990 |
| Rajasthan | 22,224 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 18,460 |
| Bihar | 9,068 |
| Jharkhand | 5,275 |
| Delhi | 3,991 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 3,514 |
| Uttarakhand | 2,461 |
| Maharashtra | 707 |
| Chandigarh | 230 |
| Goa | 172 |
| Other states | 173 |
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.