MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Prabha mean?
Prabhā denotes emitted brightness or lustre and is often used for the glow of the sun, moon or a lamp. The noun is formed with pra from the Sanskrit root bhā, to shine.
Pronunciation
IAST: prabhā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
प्रभा
Letter-by-letter: prabhā
Conventional spelling
Telugu
ప్రభ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Prabha in Indian usage
174,899 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (97%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 169,702 records (97%).
- Recorded as male: 5,197 records (3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,828 |
| 1940s | 7,065 |
| 1950s | 17,158 |
| 1960s | 37,802 |
| 1970s | 46,451 |
| 1980s | 41,751 |
| 1990s | 22,449 |
| Other decades | 395 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 46,816 |
| Bihar | 44,808 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 32,382 |
| Jharkhand | 15,537 |
| Kerala | 6,460 |
| Uttarakhand | 6,079 |
| Delhi | 5,471 |
| Rajasthan | 4,713 |
| Haryana | 2,585 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1,714 |
| Assam | 1,653 |
| Odisha | 1,428 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1,261 |
| Punjab | 1,237 |
| Tripura | 1,105 |
| Karnataka | 529 |
| Maharashtra | 270 |
| Chandigarh | 254 |
| Goa | 158 |
| Puducherry | 129 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 102 |
| Other states | 208 |
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
- Monier-Williams, prabhā, p. 683,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: प्रभा ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.