MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Raushan mean?
Persian roshan, bright or illuminated, appears in the vernacular form Raushan. The Persian adjective can convey clarity or something being evident as well as physical light.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रौशन
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Raushan in Indian usage
99,406 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: 39,984 records (40.2%).
- Recorded as male: 59,422 records (59.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 350 |
| 1940s | 1,013 |
| 1950s | 2,562 |
| 1960s | 7,462 |
| 1970s | 13,892 |
| 1980s | 30,800 |
| 1990s | 43,108 |
| Other decades | 219 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 85,181 |
| Jharkhand | 7,390 |
| Punjab | 3,516 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,719 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 182 |
| Assam | 133 |
| Other states | 285 |
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