MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shahista mean?
Shahista is a familiar South Asian form of Persian shāyista, worthy or refined. The adjective became a feminine name through Urdu usage.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शाहिस्ता
Conventional spelling
Arabic
شائستہ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shahista in Indian usage
5,637 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling शाहिस्ता.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,494 |
| 1990s | 2,471 |
| Other decades | 672 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 3,007 |
| Maharashtra | 779 |
| Rajasthan | 738 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 535 |
| Bihar | 343 |
| Uttarakhand | 235 |
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