MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nadim mean?
Arabic nadīm denotes a companion, particularly in sociable conversation. The word also belongs to Persian and Urdu literary vocabulary for companionship.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Arabic
نديم
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
नदीम
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nadim in Indian usage
59,330 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,049 records (1.8%).
- Recorded as male: 58,281 records (98.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,339 |
| 1970s | 6,829 |
| 1980s | 23,702 |
| 1990s | 27,169 |
| Other decades | 291 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 41,485 |
| Rajasthan | 3,705 |
| Bihar | 3,405 |
| Uttarakhand | 2,699 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,417 |
| Maharashtra | 2,091 |
| Delhi | 908 |
| Jharkhand | 747 |
| Haryana | 700 |
| Punjab | 345 |
| Kerala | 298 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 232 |
| Other states | 298 |
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: نديم ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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