MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Saranya mean?
Saranya is the feminine form of Sanskrit śaraṇya, affording shelter or protection. It is built on śaraṇa, refuge, and belongs to the vocabulary of seeking and giving sanctuary.
Pronunciation
IAST: śaraṇyā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शरण्या
Letter-by-letter: śaraṇyā
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Saranya in Indian usage
16,724 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 13,034 |
| Other decades | 3,690 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 13,820 |
| Puducherry | 1,606 |
| Other states | 1,298 |
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, śaraṇya, p. 1057,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wisdom Library: Śaraṇya (Apte, Monier-Williams) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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