MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sarayu mean?
The Sarayu is the river associated with Ayodhya. It belongs to the geography of the Ramayana. Sanskrit records both Sarayu and the later form Sarayū as names of the river.
Pronunciation
IAST: sarayū
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सरयू
Letter-by-letter: sarayū
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
सरयु
Letter-by-letter: sarayu
10,423 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sarayu in Indian usage
19,982 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (92.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,440 records (7.2%).
- Recorded as male: 18,542 records (92.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,001 |
| 1940s | 2,564 |
| 1950s | 4,268 |
| 1960s | 4,807 |
| 1970s | 3,903 |
| 1980s | 2,345 |
| 1990s | 882 |
| Other decades | 212 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Jharkhand | 8,913 |
| Bihar | 8,430 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,653 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 399 |
| Odisha | 191 |
| Kerala | 102 |
| Other states | 294 |
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, sarayu, p. 1182,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, sarayū, p. 1182,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.