MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Suva mean?
In northern vernacular speech, suvā is a word for a parrot. Gujarati suvā also names dill. This second use belongs to the vocabulary of fragrant herbs used in food.
Meaning themes
birdplant
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सुवा
Conventional spelling
Gujarati
સુવા
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
सूवा
Letter-by-letter: sūvā
1,084 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Suva in Indian usage
18,681 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 9,903 records (53%).
- Recorded as male: 8,778 records (47%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,169 |
| 1940s | 2,484 |
| 1950s | 3,466 |
| 1960s | 4,086 |
| 1970s | 2,937 |
| 1980s | 2,691 |
| 1990s | 1,539 |
| Other decades | 309 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 13,868 |
| Gujarat | 2,837 |
| Bihar | 549 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 427 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 336 |
| Jharkhand | 246 |
| Haryana | 151 |
| Maharashtra | 148 |
| Other states | 119 |
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