MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Parul mean?
Parul is a Bengali floral name associated with a flowering tree. It is also familiar from the folktale of seven Champa brothers and their sister Parul.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
पारुल
Conventional spelling
Bengali
পারুল
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
पारूल
Letter-by-letter: pārūla
26,141 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Parul in Indian usage
42,572 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (93.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 39,785 records (93.5%).
- Recorded as male: 2,787 records (6.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 814 |
| 1950s | 1,320 |
| 1960s | 2,042 |
| 1970s | 4,277 |
| 1980s | 15,336 |
| 1990s | 18,390 |
| Other decades | 393 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 21,205 |
| Haryana | 3,468 |
| Rajasthan | 2,878 |
| Jharkhand | 2,752 |
| Tripura | 2,719 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,574 |
| Uttarakhand | 2,231 |
| Bihar | 1,170 |
| Punjab | 1,138 |
| Assam | 720 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 619 |
| Delhi | 267 |
| Chandigarh | 223 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 178 |
| Maharashtra | 130 |
| Meghalaya | 124 |
| Other states | 176 |
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