MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nema mean?
Nema can continue nem, the vernacular form of niyama. The word names an observance or vow, providing a devotional and ethical sense for the personal name.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
नेमा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nema in Indian usage
12,428 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: 8,652 records (69.6%).
- Recorded as male: 3,776 records (30.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 542 |
| 1950s | 960 |
| 1960s | 1,655 |
| 1970s | 2,479 |
| 1980s | 3,962 |
| 1990s | 2,553 |
| Other decades | 277 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 6,023 |
| Rajasthan | 3,244 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,417 |
| Jharkhand | 701 |
| Bihar | 606 |
| Maharashtra | 270 |
| Other states | 167 |
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, niyama, p. 552,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.