MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Vishal mean?
Viśāla is the Sanskrit adjective for breadth or great extent. Hindi uses it literally for large spaces and figuratively for largeness of outlook.
Pronunciation
IAST: viśāla
Meaning themes
space
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
विशाल
Letter-by-letter: viśāla
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Vishal in Indian usage
185,298 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,864 records (1%).
- Recorded as male: 183,434 records (99%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 219 |
| 1940s | 637 |
| 1950s | 1,193 |
| 1960s | 2,885 |
| 1970s | 16,908 |
| 1980s | 54,873 |
| 1990s | 108,390 |
| Other decades | 193 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 65,197 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 27,264 |
| Bihar | 25,779 |
| Punjab | 15,918 |
| Rajasthan | 15,482 |
| Haryana | 13,676 |
| Jharkhand | 7,635 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 6,856 |
| Uttarakhand | 5,148 |
| Maharashtra | 1,154 |
| Other states | 1,189 |
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, viśāla, p. 990,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.