MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Darayav mean?
Darayav is a northern vernacular form of Persian daryā, a river or sea. The same water-word appears in the expression daryā-dil, generous-hearted, adding a familiar poetic association.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
दरयाव
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Darayav in Indian usage
2,375 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: 691 records (29.1%).
- Recorded as male: 1,684 records (70.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 149 |
| 1940s | 369 |
| 1950s | 453 |
| 1960s | 554 |
| 1970s | 408 |
| 1980s | 297 |
| Other decades | 145 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,286 |
| Rajasthan | 509 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 475 |
| Other states | 105 |
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