MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sher mean?
Sher is the Persian lion word borrowed into Hindi and Urdu and often occurs in compounds expressing the lion image. The Persian animal word differs from Sanskrit śara, arrow.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शेर
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sher in Indian usage
107,787 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (96.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 3,651 records (3.4%).
- Recorded as male: 104,136 records (96.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 3,057 |
| 1940s | 8,468 |
| 1950s | 13,871 |
| 1960s | 19,447 |
| 1970s | 20,780 |
| 1980s | 24,472 |
| 1990s | 16,924 |
| Other decades | 768 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 44,098 |
| Haryana | 16,630 |
| Punjab | 11,049 |
| Uttarakhand | 7,033 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 6,987 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 6,595 |
| Rajasthan | 6,299 |
| Delhi | 3,623 |
| Maharashtra | 1,518 |
| Bihar | 1,498 |
| Jharkhand | 1,081 |
| Chandigarh | 326 |
| Sikkim | 241 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 203 |
| Odisha | 115 |
| Assam | 108 |
| Other states | 383 |
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.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Sher / M | 7 | 2,952 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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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
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Sher; Table_6, C3206 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Sher; Table_6, C3206
- Wiktionary: शेर ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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