Puru
given name · Hindi · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Puru is a given name, most frequently recorded in India. It appears chiefly in Hindi and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: a king (M); a mountain (M); a son of Caksusa.
- INIndia1 in 537K◐
- AUAustralia1 in 1.1M
- JPJapan1 in 1.7M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin●
a king (M); a mountain (M); a son of Caksusa
Sources 1
- Sunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| IN India | 3,655 | 83% |
| US United States | 398 | 9% |
| AU Australia | 83 | 2% |
| JP Japan | 37 | 1% |
| CA Canada | 27 | 1% |
≈4,200 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Hindi3.7K83%
- English54812%
- Japanese371%
- Urdu181%
- Spanish161%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | 3,665 | 83% |
| English | 548 | 12% |
| Japanese | 37 | 1% |
| Urdu | 18 | 1% |
| Spanish | 16 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1929 | 1 |
| 1931 | 1 |
| 1935 | 1 |
| 1939 | 2 |
| 1940 | 3 |
| 1943 | 1 |
| 1944 | 4 |
| 1945 | 2 |
| 1946 | 2 |
| 1947 | 1 |
| 1948 | 5 |
| 1949 | 2 |
| 1950 | 1 |
| 1951 | 6 |
| 1952 | 1 |
| 1953 | 9 |
| 1954 | 3 |
| 1955 | 4 |
| 1956 | 13 |
| 1957 | 3 |
| 1958 | 8 |
| 1959 | 6 |
| 1960 | 5 |
| 1961 | 8 |
| 1962 | 8 |
| 1963 | 4 |
| 1964 | 10 |
| 1965 | 10 |
| 1966 | 13 |
| 1967 | 10 |
| 1968 | 20 |
| 1969 | 10 |
| 1970 | 9 |
| 1971 | 10 |
| 1972 | 15 |
| 1973 | 16 |
| 1974 | 15 |
| 1975 | 20 |
| 1976 | 17 |
| 1977 | 15 |
| 1978 | 14 |
| 1979 | 14 |
| 1980 | 10 |
| 1981 | 12 |
| 1982 | 9 |
| 1983 | 17 |
| 1984 | 12 |
| 1985 | 20 |
| 1986 | 12 |
| 1987 | 8 |
| 1988 | 8 |
| 1989 | 3 |
| 1990 | 4 |
| 1991 | 7 |
| 1992 | 7 |
| 1993 | 15 |
| 1994 | 16 |
| 1995 | 22 |
| 1996 | 24 |
| 1997 | 21 |
| 1998 | 19 |
| 2010 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 |
IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 65 years between 1929–2014. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Puru Chibberb. 1990INIndian television actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 13 sources across 7 countries.
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-06 data build · 106 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Puru?
- Our records include 4,200 bearers of Puru across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Puru have the most bearers?
- Puru is most frequently recorded in India.
- Is Puru a male or female name?
- Puru is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- What does the name Puru mean?
- Recorded meaning: a king (M); a mountain (M); a son of Caksusa
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Puru”. Data snapshot 2026-08-31.