MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Phulan mean?
The flower word phūl supplies the vernacular floral name Phulan. Hindi phūl continues Sanskrit puṣpa, the ordinary word for a flower.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
फूलन
Conventional spelling
Bengali
ফুলন
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
फुलन
Letter-by-letter: phulana
9,758 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
फूलां
Letter-by-letter: phūlāṃ
1,921 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Phulan in Indian usage
37,124 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (93%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 34,536 records (93%).
- Recorded as male: 2,588 records (7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,228 |
| 1940s | 2,944 |
| 1950s | 4,603 |
| 1960s | 7,017 |
| 1970s | 7,780 |
| 1980s | 8,628 |
| 1990s | 4,624 |
| Other decades | 300 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 14,691 |
| Bihar | 10,650 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4,624 |
| Rajasthan | 2,281 |
| Jharkhand | 1,995 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 885 |
| Tripura | 677 |
| Haryana | 550 |
| Assam | 315 |
| Punjab | 210 |
| Delhi | 102 |
| Other states | 144 |
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