MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Santu mean?
Santu is a familiar personal form related to sant, a holy person. The word sant is connected with Sanskrit sat, good or true, and became a title for devotional teachers.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सन्तु
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
संतू
Letter-by-letter: saṃtū
2,844 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
सन्तू
Letter-by-letter: santū
668 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Santu in Indian usage
1,364 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: 299 records (21.9%).
- Recorded as male: 1,065 records (78.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 254 |
| 1980s | 567 |
| 1990s | 377 |
| Other decades | 166 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 410 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 219 |
| Assam | 187 |
| Jharkhand | 159 |
| Other states | 389 |
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