MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sudhir mean?
Sudhīra combines su with dhīra, a word connected with steadiness and understanding, giving the name its reflective lexical sense. The long ī of dhīra is significant in the Sanskrit form.
Pronunciation
IAST: sudhīra
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सुधीर
Letter-by-letter: sudhīra
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sudhir in Indian usage
299,732 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 3,965 records (1.3%).
- Recorded as male: 295,767 records (98.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 780 |
| 1940s | 3,285 |
| 1950s | 11,697 |
| 1960s | 34,603 |
| 1970s | 71,343 |
| 1980s | 104,427 |
| 1990s | 73,094 |
| Other decades | 503 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 94,444 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 91,609 |
| Jharkhand | 23,480 |
| Odisha | 18,030 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 13,451 |
| Kerala | 11,057 |
| Haryana | 10,637 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 10,169 |
| Delhi | 7,723 |
| Rajasthan | 5,932 |
| Uttarakhand | 4,176 |
| Punjab | 3,126 |
| Tripura | 2,554 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 703 |
| Assam | 636 |
| Maharashtra | 526 |
| Goa | 449 |
| Chandigarh | 393 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 241 |
| Meghalaya | 105 |
| Other states | 291 |
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, sudhīra, p. 1225,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: Sudhir ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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