MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Niyaj mean?
Persian niyāz, written نیاز, expresses humble need or supplication. In Urdu it also denotes an offering, particularly one made in a devotional setting.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
नियाज़
Conventional spelling
Arabic
نیاز
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
नियाज
19,844 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Niyaj in Indian usage
19,844 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling नियाज.
Mostly recorded for boys (93.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,324 records (6.7%).
- Recorded as male: 18,520 records (93.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 698 |
| 1950s | 1,726 |
| 1960s | 2,989 |
| 1970s | 4,147 |
| 1980s | 6,269 |
| 1990s | 3,804 |
| Other decades | 211 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 15,263 |
| Bihar | 1,842 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 878 |
| Rajasthan | 807 |
| Maharashtra | 571 |
| Other states | 483 |
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