MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shahana mean?
Shahana is the Persian adjective for something royal or fit for a king. The name builds on shah, king, and its feminine use is familiar in Urdu and Kerala personal naming.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शाहाना
Conventional spelling
Malayalam
ഷഹാന
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
शहाना
36,452 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shahana in Indian usage
7,718 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 819 |
| 1980s | 2,298 |
| 1990s | 4,418 |
| Other decades | 183 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 5,518 |
| Delhi | 1,912 |
| Other states | 288 |
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