MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shahid mean?
Arabic shāhid names a witness, while shahīd means a martyr and also a witness. Both have become personal names in Urdu, where the native vowel pattern distinguishes them.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शाहिद
Conventional spelling
Arabic
شاهد
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
शहीद
23,852 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
शाहीद
11,076 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
शहिद
4,298 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shahid in Indian usage
5,649 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (97.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 147 records (2.6%).
- Recorded as male: 5,502 records (97.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 297 |
| 1970s | 982 |
| 1980s | 2,301 |
| 1990s | 1,895 |
| Other decades | 174 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Delhi | 2,985 |
| Kerala | 1,876 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 590 |
| Other states | 198 |
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: shahid ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.