MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kunj mean?
Sanskrit kunja denotes a sheltered place overgrown with plants or creepers. Such bowers form part of the landscape of Krishna poetry, particularly in descriptions of Vrindavan.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कुंज
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kunj in Indian usage
9,612 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (95.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 454 records (4.7%).
- Recorded as male: 9,158 records (95.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 690 |
| 1950s | 1,229 |
| 1960s | 1,811 |
| 1970s | 2,020 |
| 1980s | 2,164 |
| 1990s | 1,443 |
| Other decades | 255 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 3,829 |
| Bihar | 1,649 |
| Rajasthan | 1,541 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,217 |
| Jharkhand | 893 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 143 |
| Other states | 340 |
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, kuñja, p. 288,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.