MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Saraju mean?
Saraju is a regional form of Sarju or Sarayu, the river of Ayodhya. The river is closely connected with Rama's city in the geography of the Ramayana.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सरयू
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
सरजू
Letter-by-letter: sarajū
47,833 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
सरजु
Letter-by-letter: saraju
8,821 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Saraju in Indian usage
10,671 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: 4,665 records (43.7%).
- Recorded as male: 6,006 records (56.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 601 |
| 1940s | 1,303 |
| 1950s | 1,916 |
| 1960s | 2,227 |
| 1970s | 2,055 |
| 1980s | 1,568 |
| 1990s | 847 |
| Other decades | 154 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Jharkhand | 2,921 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,413 |
| Rajasthan | 1,871 |
| Bihar | 1,679 |
| Odisha | 663 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 632 |
| Punjab | 132 |
| Haryana | 111 |
| Other states | 249 |
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, sarayū, p. 1182,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.