MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sahanavaj mean?
Shahnawaz is a Persian compound of shah, “king”, and nawaz, “cherishing” or “favouring”. Sahanavaj is a North Indian spoken form of this established courtly name.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शहनवाज़
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
सहनवाज
2,241 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sahanavaj in Indian usage
2,241 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling सहनवाज.
Mostly recorded for boys (90.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 208 records (9.3%).
- Recorded as male: 2,033 records (90.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 980 |
| 1990s | 770 |
| Other decades | 491 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,128 |
| Bihar | 970 |
| Other states | 143 |
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