MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shaphi mean?
Shaphi is the regional form of Arabic Shafi, written شفيع, an intercessor. The word refers to speaking on another person's behalf and is used as a personal name in Kerala.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शफ़ी
Conventional spelling
Arabic
شفيع
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
शफी
14,410 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shaphi in Indian usage
6,211 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (95.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 257 records (4.1%).
- Recorded as male: 5,954 records (95.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 597 |
| 1970s | 1,635 |
| 1980s | 2,544 |
| 1990s | 1,176 |
| Other decades | 259 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 3,278 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2,749 |
| Other states | 184 |
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