MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kitab mean?
Kitab is the Arabic word for a book, borrowed through Persian and Urdu into Hindi. Its root concerns writing, so the personal name belongs to a vocabulary of books and written learning.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
किताब
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kitab in Indian usage
7,848 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 4,031 records (51.4%).
- Recorded as male: 3,817 records (48.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 1,087 |
| 1950s | 1,775 |
| 1960s | 1,956 |
| 1970s | 1,246 |
| 1980s | 900 |
| 1990s | 465 |
| Other decades | 419 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 3,349 |
| Haryana | 1,804 |
| Rajasthan | 1,424 |
| Bihar | 550 |
| Assam | 358 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 163 |
| Other states | 200 |
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: kitab ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.