MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Hriday mean?
The Sanskrit noun hṛdaya covers the heart as the seat of feeling and thought. Its figurative uses extend to the centre, essence or dearest part of something.
Pronunciation
IAST: hṛdaya
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
हृदय
Letter-by-letter: hṛdaya
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Hriday in Indian usage
13,841 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (96.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 494 records (3.6%).
- Recorded as male: 13,347 records (96.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 1,144 |
| 1950s | 2,012 |
| 1960s | 2,883 |
| 1970s | 2,945 |
| 1980s | 2,855 |
| 1990s | 1,504 |
| Other decades | 498 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 6,536 |
| Bihar | 4,829 |
| Jharkhand | 1,154 |
| Tripura | 308 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 245 |
| Assam | 210 |
| Uttarakhand | 193 |
| Haryana | 115 |
| Other states | 251 |
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.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Hriday / M | 16 | 1,613 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Hriday; Table_6, C1656 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Hriday; Table_6, C1656
- Monier-Williams, hṛdaya, p. 1302,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.