MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Angira mean?
Angira recalls Angiras, one of the Vedic sages. His name is attached to a lineage of seers and to the Angirasa hymnic tradition. The Angirases are also connected with the hymns of the Atharvaveda.
Pronunciation
IAST: aṅgīrā
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अंगीरा
Letter-by-letter: aṅgīrā
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Angira in Indian usage
3,803 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (97.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 3,695 records (97.2%).
- Recorded as male: 108 records (2.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 307 |
| 1980s | 1,445 |
| 1990s | 1,900 |
| Other decades | 151 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,951 |
| Bihar | 393 |
| Other states | 459 |
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, aṅgiras, p. 8,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.