MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Banchanidhi mean?
Banchanidhi combines the Odia form of vancha, “wish”, with nidhi, “treasure”. It is a devotional name of Jagannath, addressed as the source of a devotee's desired blessings.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बाञ्छानिधि
Conventional spelling
Odia
ବାଞ୍ଛାନିଧି
Conventional spelling
Odia
ବାଞ୍ଚାନିଧି
1,827 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Banchanidhi in Indian usage
1,958 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (80.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 375 records (19.2%).
- Recorded as male: 1,583 records (80.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 311 |
| 1940s | 412 |
| 1950s | 415 |
| 1960s | 336 |
| 1970s | 212 |
| 1980s | 128 |
| Other decades | 144 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 1,958 |
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, vāñchā, p. 939,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, nidhi, p. 548,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.