MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Priy mean?
Sanskrit priya describes someone or something cherished and dear. It can also express fondness for an activity or object, a sense that explains its use inside longer affectionate names.
Pronunciation
IAST: priya
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
प्रिय
Letter-by-letter: priya
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Priy in Indian usage
8,612 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: 4,263 records (49.5%).
- Recorded as male: 4,349 records (50.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 225 |
| 1960s | 493 |
| 1970s | 1,208 |
| 1980s | 2,651 |
| 1990s | 3,830 |
| Other decades | 205 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 3,848 |
| Odisha | 1,288 |
| Jharkhand | 828 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 763 |
| Haryana | 660 |
| Assam | 283 |
| Tripura | 267 |
| Rajasthan | 261 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 153 |
| Other states | 261 |
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, priya, p. 710,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.