MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Pritapal mean?
Pritapal combines Punjabi prīt, love, with pāl, protector. The second element comes from the Sanskrit word for a guard or keeper.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Gurmukhi
ਪ੍ਰੀਤਪਾਲ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
प्रीतपाल
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Pritapal in Indian usage
2,718 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: 747 records (27.5%).
- Recorded as male: 1,971 records (72.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 276 |
| 1960s | 395 |
| 1970s | 560 |
| 1980s | 813 |
| 1990s | 501 |
| Other decades | 173 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Haryana | 1,011 |
| Punjab | 556 |
| Rajasthan | 379 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 231 |
| Uttarakhand | 158 |
| Chandigarh | 136 |
| Jharkhand | 117 |
| Other states | 130 |
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
- Wiktionary: ਪ੍ਰੀਤ ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, pāla, p. 622,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.