Ashok

given name · Hindi · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Ashok is a given name, most frequently recorded in India, where it is the 18th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Hindi and , written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Sanskrit name; "without sorrow".

rarermore common
  • INIndia1 in 450◐
  • SGSingapore1 in 7.3K
  • MYMalaysia1 in 15K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈5.9K ●

across 7 countries

#320 ●

of 16M given names

7 ●

recorded for this name

Sources
315 ●

3.3M records

Official registry-verified

1 in 58K ◐

Sweden

Spellings & scripts●

AshokLatin · Hindi●6M records
অশোকBengali · Bangla●7.5K records
อโศกThai · Thai●369 records
АшокCyrillic · Russian●277 records
අශෝකSinhala · Sinhala●0 records
아쇼크Hangul · Korean●0 records
ଅଶୋକOdia · Odia●0 records

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled อโศก in TH Thailand, Asoka in LK Sri Lanka and Ашок in RU Russia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Sanskrit name; "without sorrow"

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Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Ashok is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India#187,226,1453.2M rec.—2.5KAshok293
GB United Kingdom—11,3006.3K rec.——Ashok130
US United States—5,28683K rec.1 in 63K5.3KAshok315
MY Malaysia—4,2922.7K rec.——Ashok55
AU Australia—4,1824.3K rec.—1Ashok114
PK Pakistan#8393,642148 rec.——Ashok43
CA Canada—2,8072.8K rec.—1Ashok95
SG Singapore#3861,4791.8K rec.——Ashok74
ID Indonesia—1,013929 rec.——Ashok44
DE Germany—988899 rec.——Ashok87
BD Bangladesh#891847491 rec.——Ashok52
TH Thailand—708514 rec.——อโศก42

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Languages●

  • Hindi6M70%
  • 1.7M19%
  • English246K3%
  • Telugu119K1%
  • Assamese119K1%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
Hindi6,041,02770%
1,675,64719%
English246,2533%
Telugu119,2911%
Assamese119,2771%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Ashok is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic given name28K records spelled Ashok5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar

    Languages: Arabic, Amharic, Hebrew

    Also written אשוק, Asok

  • French given name3.9K records spelled Ashok4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, France, United States, Spain

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Úhôk, šhôk

  • Croatian given name1.8K records spelled Ashok14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, Croatia

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian

    Also written Asok, Ашок, Ašok

  • Polish given name1.4K records spelled Ashok2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, India, United States, United Kingdom

    Also written Aśhőķ

  • Czech given name639 records spelled Ashok3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Czechia, United States, United Kingdom

    Languages: Czech, Slovak

    Also written Ăšhõk

  • a separate given name354 records spelled Ashok3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, Malaysia

    Also written Ãshõk, Ashök

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Ashok is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, Sanskrit; without sadness

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Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

010K20K30K40K19001950200039K · 1982

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Ashok in naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls), India, 1893–2017
Yearrecords
18931
189931
19004
19015
19021
19071
19091
19101
19142
19152
191614
191713
191834
191937
1920167
192147
192259
1923194
192454
192559
192624
192732
192842
192950
193028
193155
193270
193366
193491
193597
1936111
1937164
1938182
1939225
1940311
1941375
1942609
1943649
1944884
1945990
19461,292
19471,839
19482,000
19492,583
19503,345
19514,031
19525,572
19534,511
19547,149
19557,039
19568,575
195710,660
195811,396
195914,669
196013,604
196114,762
196220,725
196317,921
196422,603
196521,533
196624,327
196726,706
196824,740
196927,069
197029,143
197127,749
197232,658
197330,795
197431,662
197532,022
197635,360
197730,755
197831,011
197931,279
198026,381
198133,034
198239,217
198339,145
198438,546
198535,946
198629,245
198732,839
198828,772
198927,388
199026,474
199126,339
199226,509
199326,093
199422,674
199518,758
199610,367
199710,335
19987,570
1999345
200027
200118
200215
20031
200754
20083,851
200915
20101,904
2011431
2012461
2013386
20145,423
20151,177
20167
201730

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 109 years between 1893–2017. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

1900192019401960Ashok Kumar, b. 1911Ashok Mitra, b. 1928Ashok Mehta, b. 1947Ashok Saraf, b. 1947Ashok Kumar, b. 1950Ashok Gehlot, b. 1951Ashok Amritraj, b. 1957Ashok Chavan, b. 1958

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 48 sources across 25 countries.

Official registers attesting Ashok
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaIndia Names Dataset — Andhra Pradesh Electoral Rolls (Internet Archive)—119K#29
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198239K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198339K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198439K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198536K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)197635K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198133K—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198733K—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20205.3K#3,756
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—3.2K#1,071
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—2.5K#2,635
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020785#31,582

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 320 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ashok?
We estimate roughly 5.9 thousand people bear Ashok (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.
In which country does Ashok have the most bearers?
Ashok is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled ashok.
How common is Ashok compared with other names?
In India, Ashok is the 18th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.
Is Ashok a male or female name?
Ashok is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Ashok mean?
Recorded meaning: Sanskrit name; "without sorrow"
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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ashok” — the 18th most common given name in India. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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