MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Hemraj mean?
Hema denotes gold, a precious metal used in ornaments. Rāja supplies the royal member, giving Hemraj the image of a golden king.
Pronunciation
IAST: hemarāja
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
हेमराज
Letter-by-letter: hemarāja
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Hemraj in Indian usage
89,722 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 460 records (0.5%).
- Recorded as male: 89,262 records (99.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 796 |
| 1940s | 2,345 |
| 1950s | 5,240 |
| 1960s | 11,025 |
| 1970s | 17,624 |
| 1980s | 28,989 |
| 1990s | 23,548 |
| Other decades | 155 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 40,685 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 27,492 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 15,232 |
| Haryana | 1,687 |
| Bihar | 909 |
| Delhi | 832 |
| Jharkhand | 822 |
| Uttarakhand | 639 |
| Punjab | 550 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 528 |
| Maharashtra | 206 |
| Other states | 140 |
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.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, heman, p. 1304,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, rājan, p. 874,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.