MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Supriya mean?
Su strengthens the adjective priya, dear or pleasing. Supriya is its feminine form and also appears in Sanskrit literary names.
Pronunciation
IAST: supriyā
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सुप्रिया
Letter-by-letter: supriyā
Conventional spelling
Bengali
সুপ্রিয়া
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Supriya in Indian usage
42,131 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 41,566 records (98.7%).
- Recorded as male: 565 records (1.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 111 |
| 1950s | 349 |
| 1960s | 1,517 |
| 1970s | 4,501 |
| 1980s | 14,669 |
| 1990s | 20,880 |
| Other decades | 104 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 10,193 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 7,479 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 3,781 |
| Tripura | 3,663 |
| Jharkhand | 3,439 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,236 |
| Kerala | 2,218 |
| Karnataka | 2,138 |
| Goa | 1,851 |
| Rajasthan | 1,355 |
| Assam | 1,017 |
| Haryana | 954 |
| Uttarakhand | 529 |
| Delhi | 326 |
| Maharashtra | 303 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 164 |
| Meghalaya | 139 |
| Other states | 346 |
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, supriya, p. 1229,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, supriyā, p. 1229,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.