MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Divya mean?
Divya is a feminine personal-name form of Sanskrit divya, divine or celestial. The adjective can describe something belonging to the sky or the gods.
Pronunciation
IAST: divyā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
दिव्या
Letter-by-letter: divyā
Conventional spelling
Tamil
திவ்யா
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Divya in Indian usage
122,926 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 120,764 records (98.2%).
- Recorded as male: 2,162 records (1.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 218 |
| 1960s | 1,178 |
| 1970s | 6,821 |
| 1980s | 43,178 |
| 1990s | 71,332 |
| Other decades | 199 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 29,101 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 22,813 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 18,549 |
| Rajasthan | 12,109 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 12,040 |
| Bihar | 7,846 |
| Delhi | 6,152 |
| Haryana | 4,622 |
| Jharkhand | 2,733 |
| Uttarakhand | 2,340 |
| Goa | 1,290 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1,217 |
| Puducherry | 601 |
| Karnataka | 588 |
| Chandigarh | 361 |
| Maharashtra | 225 |
| Other states | 339 |
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.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Divya / F | 5 | 4,201 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Divya; Table_6, C4361 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Divya; Table_6, C4361
- Monier-Williams, divya, p. 479,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: दिव्या ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Wiktionary: दिव्य ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.