MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Renuka mean?
Epic tradition identifies Renuka as Jamadagni’s wife. She is Parashurama’s mother, giving the name a specific epic family connection. Its lexical association is with reṇu, dust or fine particles.
Pronunciation
IAST: reṇukā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रेणुका
Letter-by-letter: reṇukā
Conventional spelling
Tamil
ரேணுகா
Conventional spelling
Telugu
రేణుక
Conventional spelling
Kannada
ರೇಣುಕಾ
Conventional spelling
Malayalam
രേണുക
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Renuka in Indian usage
26,050 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 25,701 records (98.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 1,063 |
| 1960s | 3,746 |
| 1970s | 5,991 |
| 1980s | 8,198 |
| 1990s | 6,799 |
| Other decades | 253 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 14,421 |
| Kerala | 7,566 |
| Goa | 1,251 |
| Puducherry | 612 |
| Sikkim | 516 |
| Karnataka | 453 |
| Delhi | 448 |
| Meghalaya | 222 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 174 |
| Manipur | 133 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 120 |
| Other states | 134 |
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, reṇukā, p. 887,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: रेणुका ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Wiktionary: रेणु ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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