MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Phulla mean?
Phulla preserves Sanskrit phulla, used of a flower that has opened. Classical poets extend this image to a beaming face or smiling expression.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
फुल्ला
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Phulla in Indian usage
1,527 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: 912 records (59.7%).
- Recorded as male: 615 records (40.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 133 |
| 1940s | 278 |
| 1950s | 311 |
| 1960s | 362 |
| 1970s | 270 |
| Other decades | 173 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 893 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 393 |
| Haryana | 100 |
| Other states | 141 |
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
- Monier-Williams, phulla, p. 717,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.