MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Saru mean?
Saru is a familiar feminine form of names such as Saraswati and Saroj. Saraswati is the goddess of learning, while Saroj names the lotus, so the short name can preserve either image.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सरू
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Saru in Indian usage
2,231 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (83.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,862 records (83.5%).
- Recorded as male: 369 records (16.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 252 |
| 1950s | 389 |
| 1960s | 580 |
| 1970s | 508 |
| 1980s | 245 |
| Other decades | 257 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 603 |
| Karnataka | 456 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 369 |
| Jharkhand | 247 |
| Odisha | 124 |
| Other states | 432 |
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, sarasvatī, p. 1182,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, saroja, p. 1183,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.