MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Urmila mean?
Ūrmilā comes from ūrmi, wave, and names Lakshmana's wife in the Ramayana, connecting the literal image with an epic character. In the epic she is Sita's sister, giving the name a distinct family relationship in the story. Lakshmana accompanies Rama during the exile, while she remains in Ayodhya.
Pronunciation
IAST: ūrmilā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
ऊर्मिला
Letter-by-letter: ūrmilā
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Urmila in Indian usage
539,763 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 537,939 records (99.7%).
- Recorded as male: 1,824 records (0.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 1,082 |
| 1930s | 5,265 |
| 1940s | 19,604 |
| 1950s | 63,098 |
| 1960s | 125,175 |
| 1970s | 138,562 |
| 1980s | 123,545 |
| 1990s | 63,295 |
| Other decades | 137 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 174,849 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 148,205 |
| Jharkhand | 57,192 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 52,726 |
| Rajasthan | 43,961 |
| Odisha | 26,675 |
| Haryana | 9,617 |
| Uttarakhand | 8,220 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 8,193 |
| Assam | 2,715 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1,944 |
| Goa | 1,431 |
| Tripura | 944 |
| Karnataka | 540 |
| Chandigarh | 457 |
| Kerala | 388 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 349 |
| Maharashtra | 311 |
| Sikkim | 292 |
| Meghalaya | 236 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 217 |
| Other states | 301 |
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, ūrmi, p. 222,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: Urmila ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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