MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bir mean?
Sanskrit vīra, hero, becomes Bir in regional use. Punjabi and eastern Indian names frequently use this element in compounds.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बीर
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਬੀਰ
Conventional spelling
Bengali
বীর
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bir in Indian usage
46,954 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: 12,290 records (26.2%).
- Recorded as male: 34,664 records (73.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,182 |
| 1940s | 3,390 |
| 1950s | 6,820 |
| 1960s | 10,294 |
| 1970s | 10,075 |
| 1980s | 9,374 |
| 1990s | 5,476 |
| Other decades | 343 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Haryana | 11,314 |
| Maharashtra | 10,476 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 6,367 |
| Punjab | 5,052 |
| Bihar | 3,131 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,269 |
| Odisha | 1,804 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,745 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1,637 |
| Jharkhand | 1,039 |
| Tripura | 590 |
| Delhi | 554 |
| Rajasthan | 550 |
| Chandigarh | 184 |
| Other states | 242 |
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, vīra, p. 1005,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.