MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Maheshwari mean?
Maheśvarī is the feminine counterpart of Maheshwar and a title of the goddess. The feminine ī ending marks the goddess form of the title Maheśvara. Maheshwari is a title of Durga or Parvati, understood in relation to Shiva as Maheshwara.
Pronunciation
IAST: maheśvarī
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
महेश्वरी
Letter-by-letter: maheśvarī
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
माहेश्वरी
Letter-by-letter: māheśvarī
5,394 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Maheshwari in Indian usage
65,541 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: 43,602 records (66.5%).
- Recorded as male: 21,939 records (33.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 2,054 |
| 1940s | 4,801 |
| 1950s | 8,265 |
| 1960s | 12,644 |
| 1970s | 12,948 |
| 1980s | 14,331 |
| 1990s | 10,037 |
| Other decades | 461 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Gujarat | 25,727 |
| Bihar | 11,789 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 9,384 |
| Uttarakhand | 5,539 |
| Maharashtra | 4,573 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,980 |
| Jharkhand | 2,384 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 979 |
| Rajasthan | 618 |
| Delhi | 530 |
| Puducherry | 309 |
| Haryana | 236 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 200 |
| 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, maheśvarī, p. 802,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.