MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Murtaja mean?
Murtaja represents Murtaza, from the Arabic participle murtaḍā, one who is approved or chosen. Al-Murtaza is also a well-known epithet of Ali ibn Abi Talib.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मुर्तज़ा
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
मुर्तजा
6,800 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Murtaja in Indian usage
6,800 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling मुर्तजा.
Mostly recorded for boys (97.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 194 records (2.9%).
- Recorded as male: 6,606 records (97.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 647 |
| 1960s | 1,033 |
| 1970s | 1,643 |
| 1980s | 1,907 |
| 1990s | 1,257 |
| Other decades | 313 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,173 |
| Bihar | 1,099 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 740 |
| Rajasthan | 371 |
| Uttarakhand | 216 |
| Jharkhand | 201 |
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
- Wiktionary: مرتضى ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.