MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Banshi mean?
Banshi continues Sanskrit vaṃśī, a flute or pipe. In devotional naming the instrument evokes Krishna and his flute music.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बंशी
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Banshi in Indian usage
26,436 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling बंशी.
Mostly recorded for boys (95.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,140 records (4.3%).
- Recorded as male: 25,296 records (95.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 2,924 |
| 1950s | 4,921 |
| 1960s | 6,444 |
| 1970s | 5,282 |
| 1980s | 3,819 |
| 1990s | 2,051 |
| Other decades | 995 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 12,755 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,838 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4,040 |
| Jharkhand | 2,241 |
| Bihar | 1,603 |
| Other states | 959 |
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, vaṃśī, p. 910,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, muralīdhara, p. 823,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.