MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Naib mean?
Naib comes from Arabic nāʾib, someone who acts on another's behalf. Punjabi and Urdu use the word for a deputy in administrative and military titles.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Gurmukhi
ਨਾਇਬ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
नायब
Conventional spelling
Arabic
نائب
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Naib in Indian usage
5,598 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (93.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 341 records (6.1%).
- Recorded as male: 5,257 records (93.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 400 |
| 1950s | 786 |
| 1960s | 1,564 |
| 1970s | 1,576 |
| 1980s | 1,025 |
| 1990s | 143 |
| Other decades | 104 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Other states | 5,598 |
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