MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Lalu mean?
The dear-child word lāl supplies the affectionate name Lalu. The long ū ending makes the form familiar and affectionate.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
लालू
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
लल्लू
Letter-by-letter: lallū
45,940 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
लालु
Letter-by-letter: lālu
23,260 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
लल्लु
Letter-by-letter: lallu
3,801 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Lalu in Indian usage
40,192 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (93.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 2,458 records (6.1%).
- Recorded as male: 37,734 records (93.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 725 |
| 1940s | 1,910 |
| 1950s | 3,957 |
| 1960s | 6,964 |
| 1970s | 8,840 |
| 1980s | 9,156 |
| 1990s | 8,360 |
| Other decades | 280 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 12,287 |
| Jharkhand | 7,208 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 6,123 |
| Rajasthan | 4,022 |
| Kerala | 3,780 |
| Odisha | 1,784 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,151 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 902 |
| Gujarat | 737 |
| Assam | 535 |
| Karnataka | 485 |
| Delhi | 366 |
| Maharashtra | 198 |
| Haryana | 194 |
| Other states | 420 |
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