MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Prateek mean?
Prateek comes from Sanskrit pratīka, an image or symbol. The word can also refer to outward form or appearance. In textual reference, a pratika is the opening word of a verse used to identify the longer passage.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
प्रतीक
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Prateek in Indian usage
30,586 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 237 records (0.8%).
- Recorded as male: 30,349 records (99.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 204 |
| 1970s | 1,170 |
| 1980s | 11,091 |
| 1990s | 18,020 |
| Other decades | 101 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 12,130 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 5,373 |
| Rajasthan | 3,725 |
| Delhi | 2,660 |
| Haryana | 1,947 |
| Bihar | 1,678 |
| Jharkhand | 859 |
| Uttarakhand | 854 |
| Punjab | 575 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 276 |
| Tripura | 108 |
| Other states | 401 |
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, pratīka, p. 675,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.