MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Chuniya mean?
Chuniya is a feminine diminutive of Chuni, an eastern word for a ruby. The iya ending turns the gemstone word into an affectionate household name.
Meaning themes
gem
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
चुनिया
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Chuniya in Indian usage
5,424 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling चुनिया.
Mostly recorded for girls (90.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 4,910 records (90.5%).
- Recorded as male: 514 records (9.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 140 |
| 1940s | 521 |
| 1950s | 791 |
| 1960s | 1,233 |
| 1970s | 1,355 |
| 1980s | 1,038 |
| 1990s | 346 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 2,104 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,417 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,013 |
| Jharkhand | 738 |
| Rajasthan | 152 |
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