MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Girija mean?
Girijā combines giri, mountain, and jā, born. It names Parvati through her traditional identity as the daughter of the Himalaya. Parvati's father Himavat personifies the Himalaya, making the mountain-birth reference specific.
Pronunciation
IAST: girijā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
गिरिजा
Letter-by-letter: girijā
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
गिरीजा
Letter-by-letter: girījā
8,437 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Girija in Indian usage
84,271 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (90.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 75,967 records (90.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,345 |
| 1940s | 3,895 |
| 1950s | 10,871 |
| 1960s | 24,163 |
| 1970s | 22,360 |
| 1980s | 14,056 |
| 1990s | 7,297 |
| Other decades | 284 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 32,712 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 12,483 |
| Bihar | 11,979 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 7,126 |
| Karnataka | 5,201 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 4,296 |
| Odisha | 3,325 |
| Rajasthan | 2,627 |
| Jharkhand | 2,285 |
| Puducherry | 726 |
| Uttarakhand | 357 |
| Goa | 302 |
| Haryana | 213 |
| Maharashtra | 179 |
| Delhi | 151 |
| Other states | 309 |
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
- Wisdom Library: Girija (Apte) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Wiktionary: Girija ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.