MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shekhar mean?
Shekhar is the Sanskrit word for a crest or crown at the top of the head. It also denotes a mountain summit and, in compounds, the foremost or best member of a group.
Pronunciation
IAST: śekhara
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शेखर
Letter-by-letter: śekhara
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shekhar in Indian usage
6,128 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 |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 530 |
| 1970s | 1,631 |
| 1980s | 2,568 |
| 1990s | 1,163 |
| Other decades | 236 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 3,251 |
| Delhi | 2,095 |
| Goa | 572 |
| Other states | 210 |
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, śekhara, p. 1088,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.