MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nupur mean?
Nupur is the Sanskrit name for an ornament worn at the ankle or foot. The ornament's small bells give it a familiar connection with movement, dance and sound.
Pronunciation
IAST: nūpura
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
नूपुर
Letter-by-letter: nūpura
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
नुपुर
Letter-by-letter: nupura
3,897 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nupur in Indian usage
6,297 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (94.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 5,962 records (94.7%).
- Recorded as male: 335 records (5.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 330 |
| 1970s | 828 |
| 1980s | 2,348 |
| 1990s | 2,631 |
| Other decades | 160 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Delhi | 1,211 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,205 |
| Jharkhand | 973 |
| Bihar | 859 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 625 |
| Rajasthan | 552 |
| Tripura | 240 |
| Haryana | 202 |
| Uttarakhand | 172 |
| Other states | 258 |
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, nūpura, p. 567,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: नूपुर ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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