MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Muniya mean?
Muniya is an affectionate word for a little girl in northern Indian speech. The same vernacular word also names the small munia bird.
Pronunciation
IAST: muniyā
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मुनिया
Letter-by-letter: muniyā
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
मुनीया
Letter-by-letter: munīyā
6,396 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Muniya in Indian usage
66,701 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (93.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 62,233 records (93.3%).
- Recorded as male: 4,468 records (6.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,898 |
| 1940s | 4,390 |
| 1950s | 6,965 |
| 1960s | 14,068 |
| 1970s | 18,092 |
| 1980s | 14,441 |
| 1990s | 6,275 |
| Other decades | 572 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 18,427 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 17,960 |
| Jharkhand | 14,827 |
| Gujarat | 7,468 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 6,385 |
| Rajasthan | 653 |
| Haryana | 460 |
| Assam | 278 |
| Other states | 243 |
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