MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Prashant mean?
Sanskrit prashanta describes something calmed, settled or composed. The prefix pra strengthens shanta, giving the name a clear lexical sense of deep tranquillity.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
प्रशान्त
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
प्रशांत
Letter-by-letter: praśāṃta
45,763 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Prashant in Indian usage
9,565 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 482 |
| 1970s | 1,913 |
| 1980s | 3,417 |
| 1990s | 3,619 |
| Other decades | 134 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Delhi | 6,629 |
| Goa | 2,157 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 453 |
| Other states | 326 |
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, praśānta, p. 695,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.