MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Hiraman mean?
Hiraman draws on hīrā, the Hindi word for a diamond, as a term of preciousness. In Malik Muhammad Jayasi's Padmavat, Hiraman is the parrot who carries the story between its central characters.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
हीरामन
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
हिरामन
Letter-by-letter: hirāmana
4,048 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Hiraman in Indian usage
7,456 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (92.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 534 records (7.2%).
- Recorded as male: 6,922 records (92.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 683 |
| 1950s | 1,145 |
| 1960s | 1,675 |
| 1970s | 1,741 |
| 1980s | 1,294 |
| 1990s | 629 |
| Other decades | 289 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 2,764 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,438 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,276 |
| Jharkhand | 815 |
| Other states | 163 |
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