MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Hiru mean?
Hiru is an affectionate form connected with Hira, diamond. The gemstone noun became a familiar personal-name element expressing preciousness.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
हीरू
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
हिरू
Letter-by-letter: hirū
679 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Hiru in Indian usage
1,282 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: 376 records (29.3%).
- Recorded as male: 906 records (70.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 121 |
| 1950s | 176 |
| 1960s | 263 |
| 1970s | 285 |
| 1980s | 228 |
| Other decades | 209 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 470 |
| Karnataka | 364 |
| Other states | 448 |
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.