MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shera mean?
Shera is an affectionate name from sher, the Persian word for lion adopted into Punjabi and Hindi. The ending a turns the animal noun into a familiar personal form.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शेरा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shera in Indian usage
3,135 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling शेरा.
Mostly recorded for boys (80.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 603 records (19.2%).
- Recorded as male: 2,532 records (80.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 431 |
| 1960s | 608 |
| 1970s | 591 |
| 1980s | 800 |
| 1990s | 443 |
| Other decades | 262 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,377 |
| Rajasthan | 737 |
| Haryana | 590 |
| Other states | 431 |
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