What is the state name of up?

The official full name of UP is Uttar Pradesh, which literally translates to "Northern Province" or "Northern State" in Hindi—with "Uttar" meaning north and "Pradesh" meaning province or state. This name was adopted in January 1950 when India became a republic and reorganized its administrative divisions following independence. Prior to this, the region was known as the United Provinces (often abbreviated as UP even then), a name given during British colonial rule that reflected the amalgamation of the Agra Presidency and the Oudh (Awadh) Province in 1902. The renaming to Uttar Pradesh aligned with the newly independent India's policy of using Indian languages for state names rather than colonial-era English designations.

While "Uttar Pradesh" is the complete official name, it is almost universally referred to as "UP" in both casual conversation and official contexts, making it one of India's most recognizable state abbreviations. The name accurately describes its geographic position in northern India, bordered by Nepal to the north, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh to the northwest, Haryana and Delhi to the west, Rajasthan to the southwest, Madhya Pradesh to the south, Chhattisgarh to the southeast, Jharkhand to the east, and Bihar to the northeast. There is no alternative current official name—unlike some states that have been renamed (such as Bombay to Maharashtra or Madras to Tamil Nadu)—and Uttar Pradesh has retained its 1950 name consistently for over seven decades, establishing a clear administrative and cultural identity distinct from Uttarakhand, which was carved out as a separate state in 2000.