MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Pragya mean?
Prajñā is the Sanskrit noun for wisdom and discrimination. Personified wisdom can be identified with Saraswati, the goddess of learning. Buddhist usage gives the word a central sense of insight or transcendent understanding.
Pronunciation
IAST: prajñā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
प्रज्ञा
Letter-by-letter: prajñā
Conventional spelling
Odia
ପ୍ରଜ୍ଞା
Conventional spelling
Tamil
பிரக்யா
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Pragya in Indian usage
21,723 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (96.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 21,040 records (96.9%).
- Recorded as male: 683 records (3.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 429 |
| 1970s | 1,902 |
| 1980s | 7,547 |
| 1990s | 11,656 |
| Other decades | 189 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 8,069 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,806 |
| Odisha | 3,430 |
| Bihar | 2,170 |
| Rajasthan | 1,426 |
| Delhi | 884 |
| Jharkhand | 604 |
| Uttarakhand | 341 |
| Karnataka | 310 |
| Haryana | 271 |
| Maharashtra | 156 |
| Other states | 256 |
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.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Pragya / F | 5 | 4,201 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Pragya; Table_6, C4677 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Pragya; Table_6, C4677
- Monier-Williams, prajñā, p. 659,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.