MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shama mean?
Shama is the Urdu form of Arabic shamʿ, candle. The candle and moth form a central poetic image of love in Urdu verse. Sanskrit śama, tranquillity, supplies a second naming sense.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शमा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shama in Indian usage
6,836 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (97.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 6,657 records (97.4%).
- Recorded as male: 179 records (2.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 204 |
| 1960s | 477 |
| 1970s | 1,490 |
| 1980s | 3,056 |
| 1990s | 1,473 |
| Other decades | 136 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Delhi | 5,933 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 444 |
| Goa | 238 |
| Other states | 221 |
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
- Monier-Williams, śama, p. 1053,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.