MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sulekh mean?
Hindi sulekh is the word for beautiful handwriting or calligraphy. Sanskrit sulekha describes auspicious lines, showing the older connection between this formation and well-formed marks.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सुलेख
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sulekh in Indian usage
2,259 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: 744 records (32.9%).
- Recorded as male: 1,515 records (67.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 234 |
| 1960s | 432 |
| 1970s | 550 |
| 1980s | 598 |
| 1990s | 286 |
| Other decades | 159 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Haryana | 730 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 494 |
| Bihar | 400 |
| Uttarakhand | 206 |
| Other states | 429 |
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, sulekha, p. 1232,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.