MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Purana mean?
Purana is a feminine vernacular form of Purna. Sanskrit purna can describe something complete, abundant or fulfilled.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
पूरणा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Purana in Indian usage
1,622 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: 1,159 records (71.5%).
- Recorded as male: 463 records (28.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 288 |
| 1950s | 357 |
| 1960s | 391 |
| 1970s | 271 |
| 1980s | 136 |
| Other decades | 179 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttarakhand | 698 |
| Rajasthan | 390 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 251 |
| Other states | 283 |
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, pūrṇa, p. 642,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.