MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shamshad mean?
Shamshad is a Persian tree name, especially used for the box tree. Persian and Urdu poetry use the upright evergreen as an image of graceful stature.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शमशाद
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shamshad in Indian usage
6,530 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 4,663 records (71.4%).
- Recorded as male: 1,867 records (28.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 938 |
| 1970s | 1,818 |
| 1980s | 2,301 |
| 1990s | 1,072 |
| Other decades | 401 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 3,857 |
| Delhi | 1,618 |
| Kerala | 753 |
| Other states | 302 |
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