MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Jeeva mean?
Jeeva is a southern personal form of Sanskrit jīva, life or the living soul. The term is important in Indian philosophy as the individual living principle, distinct in context from the universal self.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
जीव
Conventional spelling
Malayalam
ജീവ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Jeeva in Indian usage
2,402 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: 1,649 records (68.7%).
- Recorded as male: 753 records (31.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 252 |
| 1970s | 634 |
| 1980s | 707 |
| 1990s | 624 |
| Other decades | 185 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 1,009 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 690 |
| Puducherry | 597 |
| Other states | 106 |
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 | Jeeva / M | 7 | 2,952 |
| England & Wales | Jeeva / F | 8 | 3,035 |
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 Jeeva; Table_6, C3097 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Jeeva; Table_6, C3097
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Jeeva; Table_6, C3185 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Jeeva; Table_6, C3185
- Monier-Williams, jīva, p. 422,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: ജീവ ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: जीव ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.