MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Dukhiya mean?
Dukhiya is a Hindi vernacular adjective for someone in sorrow or distress. Its use as a personal name reflects older naming practices in which a family's hardship or a protective wish could enter a child's name.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
दुखिया
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Dukhiya in Indian usage
7,825 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (84.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 6,618 records (84.6%).
- Recorded as male: 1,207 records (15.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 553 |
| 1940s | 1,065 |
| 1950s | 1,517 |
| 1960s | 2,089 |
| 1970s | 1,467 |
| 1980s | 659 |
| 1990s | 286 |
| Other decades | 189 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 4,716 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,497 |
| Jharkhand | 1,025 |
| Other states | 587 |
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