MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nabab mean?
Nabab is a vernacular form of Nawab, a title used for regional rulers. The word developed from the Arabic plural of naib, deputy, through Persian administrative usage.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
नवाब
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
नबाब
9,024 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nabab in Indian usage
10,862 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (96.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 373 records (3.4%).
- Recorded as male: 10,489 records (96.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 584 |
| 1950s | 1,056 |
| 1960s | 1,945 |
| 1970s | 2,403 |
| 1980s | 2,882 |
| 1990s | 1,778 |
| Other decades | 214 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 5,239 |
| Rajasthan | 1,861 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,303 |
| Bihar | 778 |
| Assam | 469 |
| Haryana | 370 |
| Uttarakhand | 278 |
| Maharashtra | 250 |
| Other states | 314 |
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