MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Pratibha mean?
Pratibhā can denote a flash of understanding or creative intelligence, connecting literal shining with the modern sense talent. The Sanskrit noun also denotes the sudden appearance of an idea or insight.
Pronunciation
IAST: pratibhā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
प्रतिभा
Letter-by-letter: pratibhā
Conventional spelling
Odia
ପ୍ରତିଭା
Conventional spelling
Bengali
প্রতিভা
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
प्रतीभा
Letter-by-letter: pratībhā
3,819 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Pratibha in Indian usage
114,347 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 113,378 records (99.2%).
- Recorded as male: 969 records (0.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 415 |
| 1940s | 1,413 |
| 1950s | 4,009 |
| 1960s | 10,538 |
| 1970s | 21,058 |
| 1980s | 39,492 |
| 1990s | 37,293 |
| Other decades | 129 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 44,805 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 17,845 |
| Bihar | 16,650 |
| Odisha | 7,243 |
| Rajasthan | 6,068 |
| Assam | 3,160 |
| Jharkhand | 3,098 |
| Karnataka | 2,873 |
| Delhi | 2,554 |
| Uttarakhand | 2,412 |
| Haryana | 2,266 |
| Tripura | 1,525 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1,027 |
| Maharashtra | 912 |
| Goa | 830 |
| Punjab | 335 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 302 |
| Chandigarh | 174 |
| Other states | 268 |
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, pratibhā, p. 668,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.