MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Mridul mean?
Mridula is the Sanskrit adjective for softness or tenderness. It can describe a gentle touch or a mild quality, making Mridul an established name drawn from this everyday poetic vocabulary.
Pronunciation
IAST: mṛdula
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मृदुल
Letter-by-letter: mṛdula
Conventional spelling
Bengali
মৃদুল
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Mridul in Indian usage
7,886 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (88.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 883 records (11.2%).
- Recorded as male: 7,003 records (88.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 172 |
| 1960s | 504 |
| 1970s | 1,198 |
| 1980s | 2,738 |
| 1990s | 3,173 |
| Other decades | 101 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Assam | 2,716 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,161 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 616 |
| Tripura | 498 |
| Rajasthan | 472 |
| Bihar | 398 |
| Kerala | 275 |
| Haryana | 153 |
| Jharkhand | 146 |
| Uttarakhand | 116 |
| Other states | 335 |
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, mṛdula, p. 830,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.