MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Gora mean?
Hindi gorā develops from Sanskrit gaura, a colour adjective. The Sanskrit word ranges across pale, yellowish and reddish shades and also has a brilliant sense.
Pronunciation
IAST: gorā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
गोरा
Letter-by-letter: gorā
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Gora in Indian usage
26,565 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 17,195 records (64.7%).
- Recorded as male: 9,370 records (35.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,543 |
| 1940s | 2,620 |
| 1950s | 3,637 |
| 1960s | 4,908 |
| 1970s | 5,064 |
| 1980s | 5,035 |
| 1990s | 3,234 |
| Other decades | 524 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 7,880 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 5,118 |
| Punjab | 3,043 |
| Odisha | 2,892 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,156 |
| Jharkhand | 2,009 |
| Haryana | 1,296 |
| Bihar | 1,147 |
| Gujarat | 586 |
| Maharashtra | 243 |
| Other states | 195 |
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, gaura, p. 369,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.