MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Khurshid mean?
Khurshid is the Persian word khurshīd, sun. Its use in Urdu personal naming carries a direct solar image, familiar also in Persian poetic language.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
ख़ुर्शीद
Conventional spelling
Arabic
خورشید
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
खुर्शीद
31,024 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
खुरशीद
10,235 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Khurshid in Indian usage
32,343 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (85%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 4,856 records (15%).
- Recorded as male: 27,487 records (85%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 996 |
| 1950s | 2,827 |
| 1960s | 5,879 |
| 1970s | 7,383 |
| 1980s | 8,400 |
| 1990s | 6,573 |
| Other decades | 285 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 15,723 |
| Bihar | 8,213 |
| Jharkhand | 2,813 |
| Haryana | 2,074 |
| Rajasthan | 1,875 |
| Uttarakhand | 803 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 643 |
| Other states | 199 |
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
- Wiktionary: خورشید ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.