MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Neeraj mean?
Nīraja is nīra, water, plus ja, born, describing the lotus through its habitat. Pankaj uses mud.
Pronunciation
IAST: nīraja
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
नीरज
Letter-by-letter: nīraja
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Neeraj in Indian usage
469,956 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 96,657 records (20.6%).
- Recorded as male: 373,299 records (79.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 240 |
| 1940s | 284 |
| 1950s | 1,790 |
| 1960s | 13,139 |
| 1970s | 66,625 |
| 1980s | 184,405 |
| 1990s | 203,310 |
| Other decades | 163 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 230,643 |
| Bihar | 78,547 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 43,871 |
| Haryana | 27,344 |
| Delhi | 24,331 |
| Rajasthan | 21,768 |
| Uttarakhand | 12,402 |
| Jharkhand | 12,069 |
| Punjab | 10,948 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 5,089 |
| Kerala | 1,023 |
| Chandigarh | 1,008 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 216 |
| Goa | 187 |
| Maharashtra | 171 |
| Other states | 339 |
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: नीरज ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Behind the Name: Neeraj ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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