MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Vahab mean?
Wahhab is an intensive Arabic form describing generous giving. Al-Wahhab, the Bestower, is one of the divine names in Islamic devotional language.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
वहाब
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Vahab in Indian usage
3,668 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: 776 records (21.2%).
- Recorded as male: 2,892 records (78.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 250 |
| 1950s | 473 |
| 1960s | 716 |
| 1970s | 994 |
| 1980s | 791 |
| 1990s | 343 |
| Other decades | 101 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Maharashtra | 1,781 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 959 |
| Bihar | 450 |
| Jharkhand | 240 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 135 |
| Other states | 103 |
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