MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Viraja mean?
Viraja comes from a Sanskrit adjective describing freedom from dust and, figuratively, from passion. Biraja or Viraja is also the goddess worshipped at Jajpur in Odisha. The local sacred name refers to a form of Durga.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
विरजा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Viraja in Indian usage
2,493 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: 1,296 records (52%).
- Recorded as male: 1,197 records (48%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 224 |
| 1950s | 402 |
| 1960s | 563 |
| 1970s | 513 |
| 1980s | 427 |
| 1990s | 236 |
| Other decades | 128 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 721 |
| Bihar | 636 |
| Gujarat | 615 |
| Jharkhand | 246 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 112 |
| Other states | 163 |
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, viraja, p. 982,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, virajas, p. 982,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.