MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Priyanshu mean?
Priyanshu joins priya, beloved, and aṃśu, a ray of light. The final element is a Sanskrit word used for beams of sunlight or moonlight.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
प्रियांशु
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
प्रियांशू
Letter-by-letter: priyāṃśū
630 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Priyanshu in Indian usage
6,857 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 2,035 records (29.7%).
- Recorded as male: 4,822 records (70.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 948 |
| 1990s | 5,804 |
| Other decades | 105 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 3,523 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,125 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 391 |
| Rajasthan | 308 |
| Jharkhand | 260 |
| Uttarakhand | 116 |
| Other states | 134 |
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, priya, p. 710,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, aṃśu, p. 1,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.