MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Hiran mean?
Hiran is the Hindi word for a deer, related to Sanskrit harina. It is a nature name based on an animal familiar in Indian landscape and literary imagery.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
हिरन
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
हिरण
Letter-by-letter: hiraṇa
788 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Hiran in Indian usage
5,951 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: 3,564 records (59.9%).
- Recorded as male: 2,387 records (40.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 295 |
| 1950s | 576 |
| 1960s | 906 |
| 1970s | 1,253 |
| 1980s | 1,593 |
| 1990s | 1,197 |
| Other decades | 131 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 1,390 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,143 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 890 |
| Tripura | 707 |
| Maharashtra | 585 |
| Kerala | 402 |
| Jharkhand | 373 |
| Odisha | 130 |
| Other states | 331 |
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