MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Hiriya mean?
Hiriya is an affectionate feminine development of hira, a diamond. The vernacular ending iya adapts the gemstone word into a familiar woman's name.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
हिरिया
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Hiriya in Indian usage
6,527 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (96.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 6,316 records (96.8%).
- Recorded as male: 211 records (3.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 449 |
| 1940s | 926 |
| 1950s | 1,291 |
| 1960s | 1,605 |
| 1970s | 1,299 |
| 1980s | 632 |
| Other decades | 325 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,354 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,111 |
| Bihar | 1,100 |
| Jharkhand | 855 |
| Other states | 107 |
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, hīra, p. 1300,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.