MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Saheb mean?
Saheb comes through Urdu from Arabic ṣāḥib, companion or master. In Odia usage it serves as a respectful address and also as a personal name.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Odia
ସାହେବ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
साहेब
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Saheb in Indian usage
3,137 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: 640 records (20.4%).
- Recorded as male: 2,497 records (79.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 246 |
| 1950s | 490 |
| 1960s | 762 |
| 1970s | 688 |
| 1980s | 577 |
| 1990s | 241 |
| Other decades | 133 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 2,339 |
| Other states | 798 |
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