MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Dipu mean?
Dipu is a familiar short form built on dīp, lamp. Its affectionate ending adapts the traditional light word for use as a call name.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
दीपू
Conventional spelling
Bengali
দীপু
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
दीपु
Letter-by-letter: dīpu
5,326 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
दिपु
Letter-by-letter: dipu
3,380 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
दिपू
Letter-by-letter: dipū
2,296 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Bengali
দিপু
880 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Dipu in Indian usage
23,362 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (89.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 2,394 records (10.2%).
- Recorded as male: 20,968 records (89.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 244 |
| 1960s | 780 |
| 1970s | 3,137 |
| 1980s | 10,865 |
| 1990s | 8,126 |
| Other decades | 210 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 8,689 |
| Bihar | 6,378 |
| Assam | 1,477 |
| Jharkhand | 1,311 |
| Odisha | 1,091 |
| Tripura | 983 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 885 |
| Delhi | 670 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 524 |
| Rajasthan | 450 |
| Haryana | 269 |
| Meghalaya | 138 |
| Other states | 497 |
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