MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Rahish mean?
Rahish is a vernacular form of Raees, from Arabic raʾīs, chief or head. Urdu and Hindi also use the word for someone of wealth or high social standing.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रईस
Conventional spelling
Arabic
رئيس
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
रहीश
15,761 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Rahish in Indian usage
15,761 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling रहीश.
Mostly recorded for boys (96.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 530 records (3.4%).
- Recorded as male: 15,231 records (96.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 555 |
| 1960s | 1,743 |
| 1970s | 3,354 |
| 1980s | 5,806 |
| 1990s | 4,183 |
| Other decades | 120 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 11,025 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,202 |
| Rajasthan | 1,144 |
| Haryana | 568 |
| Uttarakhand | 485 |
| Bihar | 337 |
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