MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shahanaj mean?
Shahnaz joins Persian shah, king, with naz, pride or fond delight. The compound combines royal vocabulary with an expression used in affectionate poetry.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शहनाज़
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shahanaj in Indian usage
11,116 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling शहनाज़.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 10,932 records (98.3%).
- Recorded as male: 184 records (1.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,576 |
| 1970s | 2,151 |
| 1980s | 2,657 |
| 1990s | 4,311 |
| Other decades | 421 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 7,301 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,505 |
| Jharkhand | 765 |
| Haryana | 353 |
| Other states | 192 |
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
- Wiktionary: شهناز ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.