MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Vidya mean?
Vidyā comes from vid, to know, and can describe a field of learning as well as knowledge in general. Vidyavati adds a feminine possessive ending to the learning noun.
Pronunciation
IAST: vidyā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
विद्या
Letter-by-letter: vidyā
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Vidya in Indian usage
193,058 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (87.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 168,151 records (87.1%).
- Recorded as male: 24,907 records (12.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 6,405 |
| 1940s | 17,526 |
| 1950s | 30,051 |
| 1960s | 44,015 |
| 1970s | 39,781 |
| 1980s | 34,439 |
| 1990s | 19,520 |
| Other decades | 1,321 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 68,223 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 27,626 |
| Bihar | 19,412 |
| Haryana | 16,628 |
| Rajasthan | 16,261 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 11,867 |
| Kerala | 10,018 |
| Delhi | 6,160 |
| Karnataka | 6,062 |
| Uttarakhand | 3,490 |
| Jharkhand | 3,048 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2,424 |
| Maharashtra | 787 |
| Goa | 456 |
| Chandigarh | 317 |
| Puducherry | 136 |
| Other states | 143 |
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.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Vidya / F | 3 | 5,927 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Vidya; Table_6, C7531 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Vidya; Table_6, C7531
- Monier-Williams, vidyā, p. 963,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: विद्या ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Wiktionary: విద్య ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.