MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shuka mean?
Śuka is the Sanskrit parrot word used as a name. It also identifies Vyasa’s son. He is traditionally the narrator of the Bhagavata Purana to King Parikshit.
Pronunciation
IAST: śuka
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शुक
Letter-by-letter: śuka
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
शुका
Letter-by-letter: śukā
21,257 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shuka in Indian usage
21,257 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling शुका.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 10,390 records (48.9%).
- Recorded as male: 10,867 records (51.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 446 |
| 1940s | 1,113 |
| 1950s | 2,349 |
| 1960s | 4,040 |
| 1970s | 5,843 |
| 1980s | 4,958 |
| 1990s | 2,389 |
| Other decades | 119 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Maharashtra | 21,257 |
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, śuka, p. 1079,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.