MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sardar mean?
Sardār combines Persian sar, head, with dār, holder. The whole word is used as a title for a chief or leader and as a personal name.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सरदार
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਸਰਦਾਰ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sardar in Indian usage
65,046 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (81%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 12,389 records (19%).
- Recorded as male: 52,657 records (81%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 2,538 |
| 1940s | 5,669 |
| 1950s | 8,533 |
| 1960s | 11,849 |
| 1970s | 13,729 |
| 1980s | 14,048 |
| 1990s | 8,013 |
| Other decades | 667 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Maharashtra | 17,525 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 15,459 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 10,168 |
| Rajasthan | 9,873 |
| Bihar | 2,146 |
| Gujarat | 1,820 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1,782 |
| Punjab | 1,377 |
| Jharkhand | 1,242 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,214 |
| Haryana | 1,126 |
| Delhi | 690 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 420 |
| Other states | 204 |
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.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Sardar / M | 11 | 2,133 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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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
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Sardar; Table_6, C2259 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Sardar; Table_6, C2259
- Wiktionary: سردار ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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