MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Labh mean?
Lābha names obtaining or gaining something in Sanskrit. The noun remains current in Hindi and Punjabi, including wishes for prosperity.
Pronunciation
IAST: lābha
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
लाभ
Letter-by-letter: lābha
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਲਾਭ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Labh in Indian usage
25,152 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: 7,534 records (30%).
- Recorded as male: 17,618 records (70%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,257 |
| 1940s | 3,899 |
| 1950s | 5,438 |
| 1960s | 6,244 |
| 1970s | 4,103 |
| 1980s | 2,729 |
| 1990s | 1,206 |
| Other decades | 276 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Punjab | 18,046 |
| Haryana | 4,744 |
| Rajasthan | 1,018 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 697 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 193 |
| Chandigarh | 161 |
| Other states | 293 |
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, lābha, p. 897,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.