MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Phaikan mean?
Phaikan belongs to the eastern Hindi naming group derived from pheṅknā, to throw away. Such names have been used in protective folk naming, where an unassuming word is chosen for a cherished child.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
फैकन
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Phaikan in Indian usage
5,683 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (94.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 331 records (5.8%).
- Recorded as male: 5,352 records (94.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 368 |
| 1950s | 798 |
| 1960s | 1,191 |
| 1970s | 1,501 |
| 1980s | 1,087 |
| 1990s | 554 |
| Other decades | 184 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Other states | 5,683 |
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