MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Mela mean?
Punjabi mela denotes a gathering or fair, formed around the idea of meeting. As a personal name it carries a social sense of coming together, familiar from seasonal fairs in Punjab.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Gurmukhi
ਮੇਲਾ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
मेला
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Mela in Indian usage
5,062 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (80.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 980 records (19.4%).
- Recorded as male: 4,082 records (80.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 293 |
| 1940s | 651 |
| 1950s | 913 |
| 1960s | 1,168 |
| 1970s | 941 |
| 1980s | 665 |
| 1990s | 329 |
| Other decades | 102 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Punjab | 2,466 |
| Haryana | 578 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 515 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 454 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 308 |
| Odisha | 172 |
| Rajasthan | 150 |
| Jharkhand | 126 |
| Other states | 293 |
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.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Mela / F | 10 | 2,605 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Mela; Table_6, C2716 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Mela; Table_6, C2716
- Monier-Williams, melā, p. 833,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.