MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Puniya mean?
Puniya is a vernacular feminine name related to puṇya, merit or a virtuous deed. The regional form reflects the familiar use of religious and ethical vocabulary in north Indian naming.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
पुनिया
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Puniya in Indian usage
33,020 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling पुनिया.
Mostly recorded for girls (94.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 31,200 records (94.5%).
- Recorded as male: 1,820 records (5.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 392 |
| 1930s | 2,294 |
| 1940s | 4,635 |
| 1950s | 6,011 |
| 1960s | 7,466 |
| 1970s | 6,539 |
| 1980s | 4,059 |
| 1990s | 1,624 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 13,646 |
| Bihar | 7,903 |
| Jharkhand | 5,590 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,629 |
| Other states | 1,252 |
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, puṇya, p. 632,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.