MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sikandar mean?
Sikandar is the Persian-Urdu form of Greek Alexandros. The Greek formation combines a defending root with the word for men, while the South Asian form has its own established pronunciation.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सिकन्दर
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
सिकंदर
28,487 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sikandar in Indian usage
67,314 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,002 records (1.5%).
- Recorded as male: 66,312 records (98.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 314 |
| 1940s | 1,089 |
| 1950s | 2,820 |
| 1960s | 6,487 |
| 1970s | 13,164 |
| 1980s | 26,179 |
| 1990s | 17,067 |
| Other decades | 194 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 26,012 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 19,794 |
| Jharkhand | 8,168 |
| Rajasthan | 6,603 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,504 |
| Haryana | 1,635 |
| Uttarakhand | 681 |
| Delhi | 569 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 556 |
| Odisha | 321 |
| Goa | 102 |
| Other states | 369 |
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