MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Puran mean?
Completeness is expressed by pūrṇa, the source of Puran; purāṇa names a separate genre of traditional narratives. Pūrṇa is the Sanskrit full or complete adjective behind the vernacular form.
Meaning themes
wholeness
Spellings in Indian scripts
Gurmukhi
ਪੂਰਨ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
पूरन
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Puran in Indian usage
135,290 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (91.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 11,743 records (8.7%).
- Recorded as male: 123,547 records (91.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 3,394 |
| 1940s | 10,352 |
| 1950s | 19,617 |
| 1960s | 29,657 |
| 1970s | 30,046 |
| 1980s | 26,297 |
| 1990s | 15,303 |
| Other decades | 624 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 51,589 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 27,009 |
| Rajasthan | 26,048 |
| Uttarakhand | 18,183 |
| Bihar | 4,107 |
| Punjab | 2,725 |
| Jharkhand | 2,326 |
| Haryana | 2,095 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 505 |
| Delhi | 451 |
| Chandigarh | 113 |
| Other states | 139 |
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