MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shaista mean?
Shaista comes from Persian shayista, an adjective for what is worthy or fitting. Urdu also uses the word for cultivated manners and refined behaviour.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शाइस्ता
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
शाईस्ता
11,114 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shaista in Indian usage
1,395 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 |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 690 |
| 1990s | 363 |
| Other decades | 342 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Other states | 1,395 |
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