MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shikha mean?
Shikha belongs to Sanskrit vocabulary for a pointed top, including a crest or mountain peak. The same word describes the pointed tongue of a flame, which gives the name its familiar fire image.
Pronunciation
IAST: śikhā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शिखा
Letter-by-letter: śikhā
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shikha in Indian usage
8,397 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 | 232 |
| 1970s | 1,186 |
| 1980s | 3,981 |
| 1990s | 2,886 |
| Other decades | 112 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Delhi | 7,718 |
| Kerala | 315 |
| Other states | 364 |
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, śikhā, p. 1070,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.