MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Pira mean?
Pira is a personal form of Persian pīr, an elder or spiritual guide. In South Asian devotional vocabulary, pir especially denotes a revered Sufi teacher.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
पीरा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Pira in Indian usage
3,111 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (85.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 441 records (14.2%).
- Recorded as male: 2,670 records (85.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 359 |
| 1950s | 586 |
| 1960s | 649 |
| 1970s | 544 |
| 1980s | 448 |
| 1990s | 343 |
| Other decades | 182 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 2,398 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 258 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 157 |
| Gujarat | 100 |
| Other states | 198 |
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