MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Brij mean?
Brij is a conventional name form of Braj, the region around Mathura and Vrindavan. The regional name corresponds to Sanskrit vraja, an enclosure or cowherd settlement. Krishna's pastoral stories place him among the cowherds of this region.
Pronunciation
IAST: bṛja
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बृज
Letter-by-letter: bṛja
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਬ੍ਰਿਜ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
ब्रिज
Letter-by-letter: brija
2,222 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Brij in Indian usage
72,349 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (90%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 7,260 records (10%).
- Recorded as male: 65,089 records (90%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 2,074 |
| 1940s | 6,081 |
| 1950s | 11,547 |
| 1960s | 16,762 |
| 1970s | 16,587 |
| 1980s | 12,694 |
| 1990s | 6,191 |
| Other decades | 413 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 29,027 |
| Bihar | 16,044 |
| Haryana | 7,491 |
| Rajasthan | 5,158 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4,621 |
| Punjab | 3,443 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 2,335 |
| Jharkhand | 1,542 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,205 |
| Delhi | 713 |
| Chandigarh | 581 |
| Other states | 189 |
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