MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Piru mean?
Piru is an affectionate personal-name form built on Persian pīr, an elder or spiritual guide. The word became a familiar title for Sufi teachers in South Asia.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
पीरू
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Piru in Indian usage
5,534 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (88.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 644 records (11.6%).
- Recorded as male: 4,890 records (88.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 481 |
| 1950s | 848 |
| 1960s | 1,123 |
| 1970s | 997 |
| 1980s | 1,033 |
| 1990s | 786 |
| Other decades | 266 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 1,950 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,432 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 651 |
| Jharkhand | 397 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 356 |
| Kerala | 151 |
| Bihar | 139 |
| Uttarakhand | 115 |
| Haryana | 110 |
| Other states | 233 |
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