MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Pem mean?
Himalayan use of Pem can shorten Pema, the Tibetan name for a lotus. North Indian Pem can also reflect the vernacular word prem, meaning love. The lotus is a recurring sacred image in Himalayan Buddhist art.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
पेम
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Pem in Indian usage
4,059 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: 2,130 records (52.5%).
- Recorded as male: 1,929 records (47.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 244 |
| 1950s | 424 |
| 1960s | 706 |
| 1970s | 935 |
| 1980s | 997 |
| 1990s | 607 |
| Other decades | 146 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1,188 |
| Sikkim | 1,084 |
| Rajasthan | 791 |
| Bihar | 463 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 217 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 126 |
| Other states | 190 |
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