Veda
Pronounced /ˈveɪdə/
Pronounced /ˈveɪdə/
Babies named Veda per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
Greatest: 3,136 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Silent: 1,723 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,191 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen X: 711 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 319 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,480 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,639 babies, 0.18 per 1,000.
Borrowed from Sanskrit वेद॑ (véda, “knowledge”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈveɪdə/, /ˈveɪðə/ (North India) IPA(key): /ˈved̪(ə)/ (South India) IPA(key): /ˈved̪ɑ/ Rhymes: -eɪdə, -eɪðə ==== Proper noun ==== Veda (plural Vedas) (Hinduism) Any of a large body of texts originating in Ancient India. They form the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism. For quotations using this term, see Citations:Veda. A female given name.
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