MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ujala mean?
Ujala is the everyday Hindi noun for light or brightness. It belongs to the Indo-Aryan word family related to Sanskrit ujjvala, luminous or splendid.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
उजाला
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ujala in Indian usage
17,814 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (93%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 16,574 records (93%).
- Recorded as male: 1,240 records (7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 10,223 |
| 1940s | 301 |
| 1950s | 525 |
| 1960s | 746 |
| 1970s | 993 |
| 1980s | 1,633 |
| 1990s | 3,261 |
| Other decades | 132 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 11,809 |
| Bihar | 2,180 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,717 |
| Assam | 618 |
| Jharkhand | 413 |
| Rajasthan | 241 |
| Haryana | 219 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 153 |
| Delhi | 120 |
| Other states | 344 |
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, ujjvala, p. 174,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.