MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Tanavir mean?
Arabic tanwīr is the act of illuminating or bringing light. Tanavir reflects this familiar Urdu and Punjabi name, whose abstract noun can evoke both visible light and intellectual enlightenment.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
तनवीर
Conventional spelling
Arabic
تنوير
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਤਨਵੀਰ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Tanavir in Indian usage
34,809 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (81.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 6,414 records (18.4%).
- Recorded as male: 28,395 records (81.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 826 |
| 1960s | 2,799 |
| 1970s | 7,617 |
| 1980s | 12,940 |
| 1990s | 10,352 |
| Other decades | 275 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 15,222 |
| Bihar | 9,498 |
| Jharkhand | 2,202 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,893 |
| Rajasthan | 1,223 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,164 |
| Punjab | 1,140 |
| Maharashtra | 1,062 |
| Delhi | 729 |
| Haryana | 308 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 178 |
| Other states | 190 |
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