MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Jiv mean?
Jīva denotes a living being and the individual principle of life in Sanskrit. In Indian philosophical language it can refer to the embodied personal soul, giving the short name a substantial spiritual sense.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
जीव
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Jiv in Indian usage
2,462 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: 608 records (24.7%).
- Recorded as male: 1,854 records (75.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 255 |
| 1950s | 420 |
| 1960s | 601 |
| 1970s | 545 |
| 1980s | 336 |
| 1990s | 167 |
| Other decades | 138 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 827 |
| Jharkhand | 628 |
| Bihar | 550 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 177 |
| Other states | 280 |
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, jīva, p. 422,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.