MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Phulava mean?
Phulava is a regional affectionate formation from phūl, flower. The ending vā gives the word a familiar household form in north Indian folk naming and songs.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
फुलवा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Phulava in Indian usage
28,093 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 27,746 records (98.8%).
- Recorded as male: 347 records (1.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 873 |
| 1940s | 2,233 |
| 1950s | 4,048 |
| 1960s | 7,277 |
| 1970s | 6,989 |
| 1980s | 4,597 |
| 1990s | 1,780 |
| Other decades | 296 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 16,065 |
| Jharkhand | 8,227 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,530 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,146 |
| Other states | 125 |
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