MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Suraj mean?
Everyday Hindi uses Suraj for the sun, corresponding to Sanskrit sūrya and the formal name Surya. Surya retains the more formal Sanskrit consonant sequence.
Pronunciation
IAST: sūraja
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सूरज
Letter-by-letter: sūraja
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Suraj in Indian usage
397,084 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (87.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 49,203 records (12.4%).
- Recorded as male: 347,881 records (87.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 1,743 |
| 1930s | 5,619 |
| 1940s | 14,662 |
| 1950s | 24,347 |
| 1960s | 35,190 |
| 1970s | 45,031 |
| 1980s | 87,078 |
| 1990s | 183,248 |
| Other decades | 166 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 129,127 |
| Bihar | 80,051 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 43,512 |
| Rajasthan | 41,359 |
| Jharkhand | 27,256 |
| Haryana | 22,461 |
| Delhi | 15,236 |
| Kerala | 11,933 |
| Uttarakhand | 9,441 |
| Punjab | 8,190 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1,811 |
| Goa | 1,639 |
| Chandigarh | 975 |
| Assam | 617 |
| Tripura | 576 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 514 |
| Maharashtra | 447 |
| Meghalaya | 425 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 341 |
| Sikkim | 320 |
| Manipur | 238 |
| Karnataka | 142 |
| Nagaland | 112 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 107 |
| Other states | 254 |
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
- Behind the Name: Suraj ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Wiktionary: सूरज ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.