MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sukh mean?
Sukh continues Sanskrit sukha, ease or happiness. It is productive in Punjabi and Hindi compounds such as Sukhdev and Sukhvir, where the following member changes the full name's structure.
Pronunciation
IAST: sukha
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सुख
Letter-by-letter: sukha
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਸੁਖ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sukh in Indian usage
72,626 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 26,616 records (36.6%).
- Recorded as male: 46,010 records (63.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 3,555 |
| 1940s | 8,234 |
| 1950s | 12,357 |
| 1960s | 16,729 |
| 1970s | 16,133 |
| 1980s | 10,242 |
| 1990s | 4,532 |
| Other decades | 844 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 28,344 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 14,304 |
| Rajasthan | 8,410 |
| Haryana | 6,644 |
| Bihar | 3,478 |
| Delhi | 3,203 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 2,641 |
| Punjab | 2,286 |
| Jharkhand | 1,892 |
| Uttarakhand | 618 |
| Chandigarh | 181 |
| Tripura | 168 |
| Assam | 161 |
| Gujarat | 133 |
| Other states | 163 |
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, sukhin, p. 1222,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.