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Darshan or Darrshan?

2 spellings reached the top 10 of the Indian boys’ table: Darshan peaked at 15% (2010s) and Darrshan peaked at 8.9% (2010s). Percentages are shares of that decade’s top-10 total.

Darshan
2 decades · 15%
Darrshan
1 decade · 9%

Figures for each spelling

Split between spellings

Darshan Darrshan

  • 1940s no spelling in the top 10
  • 1950s no spelling in the top 10
  • 1960s no spelling in the top 10
  • 1970s no spelling in the top 10
  • 1980s no spelling in the top 10
  • 1990s no spelling in the top 10
  • 2000s Darshan 100%
  • 2010s Darshan 63% · Darrshan 37%
Each spelling’s part of this family’s listed figures in that decade (listed spellings only).
DecadeDarshanDarrshan
’40s ––
’50s ––
’60s ––
’70s ––
’80s ––
’90s ––
’00s 7.2%290–
’10s 15%1158.9%68
Share of the Indian table · boys top-10 total and registrations (– = not listed).

Each spelling

Other spelling families

The Malay, Chinese and Indian tables are JPN’s own breakdown; they describe the data, not people. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

How to cite

Free to quote with a link to this page. Suggested citation:

MalaysianNames (malaysiannames.com). “Darshan Name Spellings: 2 Variants in JPN Data”. https://malaysiannames.com/en/popular-names/spellings/darshan/. Updated . Data: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0), last updated 2023-07-26.

Download the JPN top-10 tables we use (decade, table, sex, rank, name, count, share of the top-10 total):

Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Frequently asked questions

Are Darshan and Darrshan the same name?

Our records link them as spellings of one name, meaning “sight; vision”. JPN counts each spelling separately, and we do not merge the figures.

When was each spelling in the top 10?

Darshan: 2000s #5, 2010s #2; Darrshan: 2010s #5.