MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Phaim mean?
Faheem comes from Arabic fahīm, someone with understanding. It shares its root with fahm, comprehension, giving the name a direct connection with discernment.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
फ़हीम
Conventional spelling
Arabic
فهيم
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
फईम
14,332 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Phaim in Indian usage
15,019 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (92.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,101 records (7.3%).
- Recorded as male: 13,918 records (92.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 652 |
| 1970s | 1,906 |
| 1980s | 6,207 |
| 1990s | 6,064 |
| Other decades | 190 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 12,360 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,157 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 912 |
| Rajasthan | 258 |
| Maharashtra | 191 |
| Other states | 141 |
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