MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Deepika mean?
Dīpikā is a feminine light word related to dīpa and can also mean an explanatory work that illuminates a subject. The Sanskrit ending ikā makes a diminutive feminine noun from the lamp word.
Pronunciation
IAST: dīpikā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
दीपिका
Letter-by-letter: dīpikā
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਦੀਪਿਕਾ
Conventional spelling
Odia
ଦୀପିକା
Conventional spelling
Bengali
দীপিকা
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
दिपीका
Letter-by-letter: dipīkā
9,268 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
दिपिका
Letter-by-letter: dipikā
8,663 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
दीपीका
Letter-by-letter: dīpīkā
5,103 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Deepika in Indian usage
142,312 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 141,122 records (99.2%).
- Recorded as male: 1,190 records (0.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 182 |
| 1950s | 552 |
| 1960s | 2,528 |
| 1970s | 9,530 |
| 1980s | 52,728 |
| 1990s | 76,628 |
| Other decades | 164 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 29,010 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 27,405 |
| Rajasthan | 23,637 |
| Delhi | 10,315 |
| Haryana | 9,059 |
| Punjab | 5,820 |
| Bihar | 5,407 |
| Odisha | 5,386 |
| Uttarakhand | 4,370 |
| Assam | 4,218 |
| Jharkhand | 3,869 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 3,291 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 3,228 |
| Kerala | 2,003 |
| Tripura | 1,661 |
| Goa | 907 |
| Karnataka | 689 |
| Chandigarh | 589 |
| Meghalaya | 304 |
| Maharashtra | 270 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 202 |
| Puducherry | 156 |
| Sikkim | 136 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 128 |
| Other states | 252 |
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, dīpikā, p. 481,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.