MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shahanashah mean?
The Persian title shahanshah joins shah, king, with the plural shahan, kings. It became an imperial title and entered Urdu as a word for an emperor.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शहंशाह
Conventional spelling
Arabic
شاهنشاه
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
शहनशाह
1,906 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shahanashah in Indian usage
1,906 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling शहनशाह.
Mostly recorded for boys (83.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 319 records (16.7%).
- Recorded as male: 1,587 records (83.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 101 |
| 1960s | 210 |
| 1970s | 296 |
| 1980s | 714 |
| 1990s | 585 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,678 |
| Bihar | 228 |
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