MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Abani mean?
Eastern Indian Abani continues Sanskrit avanī, the earth. Although avanī is a feminine noun in Sanskrit, Abani is also established as a masculine personal name in eastern India.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Odia
ଅବନୀ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
अबनी
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Abani in Indian usage
3,135 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: 663 records (21.1%).
- Recorded as male: 2,472 records (78.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 180 |
| 1950s | 327 |
| 1960s | 521 |
| 1970s | 741 |
| 1980s | 808 |
| 1990s | 434 |
| Other decades | 124 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 1,577 |
| Assam | 759 |
| Tripura | 458 |
| Jharkhand | 213 |
| Other states | 128 |
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, avanī, p. 100,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.