MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Praphul mean?
Praphul reflects Sanskrit praphulla, a word for flowers opening fully. The same floral image extends naturally to cheerfulness.
Pronunciation
IAST: praphulla
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
प्रफुल्ल
Letter-by-letter: praphulla
Conventional spelling
Odia
ପ୍ରଫୁଲ୍ଲ
Conventional spelling
Odia
ପ୍ରଫୁଲ
48,459 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Praphul in Indian usage
48,620 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (85.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 7,105 records (14.6%).
- Recorded as male: 41,515 records (85.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 433 |
| 1940s | 1,705 |
| 1950s | 15,226 |
| 1960s | 8,279 |
| 1970s | 18,123 |
| 1980s | 3,681 |
| 1990s | 1,048 |
| Other decades | 125 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Other states | 48,620 |
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, praphulla, p. 683,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.