MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Mehatab mean?
Mahtab is a Persian compound of māh, “moon”, and tāb, “radiance”. Its use for moonlight also allows the whole name to refer poetically to the moon.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
महताब
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
मेहताब
11,621 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Mehatab in Indian usage
12,749 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: 3,257 records (25.5%).
- Recorded as male: 9,492 records (74.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 600 |
| 1950s | 1,012 |
| 1960s | 1,610 |
| 1970s | 2,319 |
| 1980s | 3,844 |
| 1990s | 2,982 |
| Other decades | 382 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 4,816 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,606 |
| Rajasthan | 1,327 |
| Uttarakhand | 755 |
| Bihar | 325 |
| Haryana | 281 |
| Jharkhand | 272 |
| Maharashtra | 239 |
| Other states | 128 |
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