MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Istiyak mean?
Ishtiyaq comes from Arabic اشتياق, the noun for longing or eager desire. Persian and Urdu use it for an intense wish to meet or attain something valued.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
इश्तियाक़
Conventional spelling
Arabic
اشتياق
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
इस्तियाक
8,942 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Istiyak in Indian usage
8,942 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling इस्तियाक.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 143 |
| 1950s | 489 |
| 1960s | 973 |
| 1970s | 1,656 |
| 1980s | 3,296 |
| 1990s | 2,385 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 7,886 |
| Bihar | 727 |
| Other states | 329 |
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