MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Mahatav mean?
Mahatav is a northern vernacular form of Mahtab, the Persian compound of mah, “moon”, and tab, “radiance”. The complete word describes moonlight and is also used poetically for the moon.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
महताव
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Mahatav in Indian usage
3,543 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: 1,108 records (31.3%).
- Recorded as male: 2,435 records (68.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 224 |
| 1960s | 489 |
| 1970s | 913 |
| 1980s | 1,193 |
| 1990s | 525 |
| Other decades | 199 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,217 |
| Bihar | 883 |
| Jharkhand | 156 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 136 |
| Other states | 151 |
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