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INDIAN NAME REFERENCE

Reshama

silk

Reshama means “silk”.

Origin language
Persian / Hindi
First letter
R
Historical records
399,696

MEANING & CONTEXT

What does Reshama mean?

Reshama is associated with reśam, the Hindi-Urdu word for silk. The textile word entered regional usage from Persian.

Meaning themes

silk

Spellings in Indian scripts

Devanagari

रेशमा

Conventional spelling

About spelling and pronunciation

HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS

Reshama in Indian usage

399,696 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.

Mostly recorded for girls (93.4%) in these historical records.

  • Recorded as female: 373,300 records (93.4%).
  • Recorded as male: 26,396 records (6.6%).

By birth decade

Reshama: records by birth decade1920s: 1,7261920s1930s: 6,4731930s1940s: 15,3501940s1950s: 25,4391950s1960s: 42,3451960s1970s: 62,6471970s1980s: 120,4471980s1990s: 125,1301990sOther decades: 139Other decades
Recorded birth years 1910–2001.
Birth decadeRecords
1920s1,726
1930s6,473
1940s15,350
1950s25,439
1960s42,345
1970s62,647
1980s120,447
1990s125,130
Other decades139

By state or territory

State / territoryRecords
Uttar Pradesh165,985
Bihar40,553
Madhya Pradesh35,491
Rajasthan32,266
Punjab31,097
Kerala29,238
Haryana19,094
Jharkhand11,212
Andhra Pradesh8,801
Uttarakhand7,993
Odisha3,570
Maharashtra3,335
Goa3,310
Himachal Pradesh3,072
Delhi1,581
Assam1,070
Chandigarh426
Tripura419
Karnataka225
Manipur219
Andaman and Nicobar Islands155
Sikkim155
Meghalaya135
Puducherry114
Other states180
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.

Explore related lists

Girl namesPersian originHindi origin

Sources

  1. Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001