MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Layak mean?
Layak comes from Arabic laiq through Persian and Urdu, with the sense of worthy or suitable. Hindi uses the same adjective for someone capable of a task, which explains its adoption as a positive personal name.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
लायक
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Layak in Indian usage
7,913 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 597 |
| 1950s | 1,209 |
| 1960s | 1,810 |
| 1970s | 1,666 |
| 1980s | 1,689 |
| 1990s | 717 |
| Other decades | 225 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,159 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 2,636 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 423 |
| Haryana | 272 |
| Rajasthan | 160 |
| Other states | 263 |
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: layak ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.