MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Gori mean?
Gori is the feminine vernacular adjective related to gorā. It is used in folk song and affectionate naming as a descriptive beauty word.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
गोरी
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Gori in Indian usage
38,908 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: 27,125 records (69.7%).
- Recorded as male: 11,783 records (30.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,154 |
| 1940s | 2,706 |
| 1950s | 4,452 |
| 1960s | 7,072 |
| 1970s | 8,192 |
| 1980s | 8,785 |
| 1990s | 6,207 |
| Other decades | 340 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 6,427 |
| Rajasthan | 6,108 |
| Bihar | 5,292 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 5,289 |
| Gujarat | 4,727 |
| Jharkhand | 3,639 |
| Odisha | 2,974 |
| Maharashtra | 2,123 |
| Haryana | 1,288 |
| Punjab | 432 |
| Uttarakhand | 208 |
| Assam | 179 |
| Other states | 222 |
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