MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Daia mean?
Punjabi Daia continues daya, the Sanskrit word for compassion or pity. Its native form ਦਇਆ is familiar both as a noun and as an independent name.
Meaning themes
kindness
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
दया
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਦਇਆ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Daia in Indian usage
2,113 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: 713 records (33.7%).
- Recorded as male: 1,400 records (66.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 273 |
| 1950s | 363 |
| 1960s | 421 |
| 1970s | 417 |
| 1980s | 331 |
| 1990s | 175 |
| Other decades | 133 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Other states | 2,113 |
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, dayā, p. 469,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.