MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Anima mean?
Anima is the Bengali name associated with Sanskrit aṇiman, minuteness or atomic smallness. In yogic tradition, aṇimā is the power of becoming extremely small, giving the name a specific philosophical background.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अनिमा
Conventional spelling
Bengali
অনিমা
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Anima in Indian usage
26,718 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 26,498 records (99.2%).
- Recorded as male: 220 records (0.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 158 |
| 1940s | 528 |
| 1950s | 1,689 |
| 1960s | 3,935 |
| 1970s | 6,732 |
| 1980s | 8,182 |
| 1990s | 5,388 |
| Other decades | 106 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Assam | 9,828 |
| Tripura | 5,083 |
| Jharkhand | 4,778 |
| Odisha | 3,671 |
| Bihar | 2,007 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 550 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 348 |
| Uttarakhand | 187 |
| Rajasthan | 137 |
| Other states | 129 |
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, aṇiman, p. 11,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.