MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kirapa mean?
Compassion and favour are the central senses of Sanskrit kripa, which appears as Kirapa in northern speech. Devotional language uses this word for grace received from a deity or the Guru.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
किरपा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kirapa in Indian usage
3,373 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: 1,886 records (55.9%).
- Recorded as male: 1,487 records (44.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 238 |
| 1950s | 340 |
| 1960s | 436 |
| 1970s | 412 |
| 1980s | 872 |
| 1990s | 919 |
| Other decades | 156 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 1,512 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 905 |
| Punjab | 398 |
| Haryana | 203 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 171 |
| Other states | 184 |
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, kṛpā, p. 305,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.