MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Agya mean?
Sanskrit ajna covers both an order and permission to act. The word became a personal name while retaining its ordinary use in respectful requests and instructions.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
आज्ञा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Agya in Indian usage
2,182 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: 914 records (41.9%).
- Recorded as male: 1,268 records (58.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 243 |
| 1950s | 375 |
| 1960s | 466 |
| 1970s | 363 |
| 1980s | 375 |
| 1990s | 190 |
| Other decades | 170 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,116 |
| Haryana | 451 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 230 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 125 |
| Other states | 260 |
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, ājñā, p. 133,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.