MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Biri mean?
Biri is a feminine familiar formation on Bir, the northern form of Sanskrit vira, “hero”. The same root supplies a broad group of names expressing courage.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बीरी
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Biri in Indian usage
2,246 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: 806 records (35.9%).
- Recorded as male: 1,440 records (64.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 378 |
| 1960s | 527 |
| 1970s | 429 |
| 1980s | 405 |
| 1990s | 233 |
| Other decades | 274 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,023 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 453 |
| Rajasthan | 414 |
| Punjab | 122 |
| Haryana | 104 |
| Other states | 130 |
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.