Anshul

Where Anshul comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit अंशुल (aṃśula, “radiant, luminous, bright”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Anshul
  • Sanskrit
Along the way
  1. 1989
    First appearance
    #6,941 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2005
    Peak, #2,902
    36 babies named Anshul — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2006
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #5,525.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.