MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Lajya mean?
Sanskrit lajya is a recorded alternative of lajja, “modesty”. The less common consonant group survives in the feminine Himalayan name Lajya.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
लज्या
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Lajya in Indian usage
2,066 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 |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 211 |
| 1950s | 431 |
| 1960s | 593 |
| 1970s | 421 |
| 1980s | 254 |
| Other decades | 156 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Himachal Pradesh | 1,729 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 162 |
| Other states | 175 |
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, lajyā, p. 895,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.