MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Jalaja mean?
Jalaja combines jala, water, with ja, born. The Sanskrit compound conventionally names the lotus, a flower growing from water. Its feminine form is established in southern Indian naming, especially in Kerala.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Malayalam
ജലജ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
जलजा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Jalaja in Indian usage
9,264 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 977 |
| 1960s | 3,090 |
| 1970s | 3,562 |
| 1980s | 1,361 |
| 1990s | 141 |
| Other decades | 133 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 8,977 |
| Other states | 287 |
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, jalaja, p. 414,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, jalaruh, p. 415,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.