MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Phula mean?
The Hindi flower word phūl supplies the floral name Phula. The related verb phūlnā expresses blooming or expansion, adding an image of opening out.
Pronunciation
IAST: phūlā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
फूला
Letter-by-letter: phūlā
Conventional spelling
Odia
ଫୁଲ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Phula in Indian usage
88,247 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (93.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 82,667 records (93.7%).
- Recorded as male: 5,580 records (6.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 4,691 |
| 1940s | 10,017 |
| 1950s | 15,036 |
| 1960s | 19,979 |
| 1970s | 18,149 |
| 1980s | 12,895 |
| 1990s | 6,287 |
| Other decades | 1,193 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 31,585 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 15,402 |
| Odisha | 14,812 |
| Rajasthan | 13,573 |
| Bihar | 5,259 |
| Haryana | 3,452 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1,694 |
| Punjab | 1,392 |
| Jharkhand | 549 |
| Uttarakhand | 359 |
| Other states | 170 |
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