MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Daiv mean?
Sanskrit daiva describes what belongs to the gods. As a noun it also denotes fate, understood as the portion of events beyond human planning.
Pronunciation
IAST: daiva
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
दैव
Letter-by-letter: daiva
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Daiv in Indian usage
1,096 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: 454 records (41.4%).
- Recorded as male: 642 records (58.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 117 |
| 1950s | 180 |
| 1960s | 282 |
| 1970s | 225 |
| 1980s | 144 |
| Other decades | 148 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 886 |
| Other states | 210 |
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, daiva, p. 497,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.