MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Basanti mean?
Spring supplies the image in Vāsantī, which becomes Basanti in vernacular use. Its seasonal root vasanta also stands alone as the name Vasant.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Odia
ବାସନ୍ତି
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
बसंती
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Basanti in Indian usage
151,658 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 151,465 records (99.9%).
- Recorded as male: 193 records (0.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,321 |
| 1940s | 14,835 |
| 1950s | 25,756 |
| 1960s | 38,001 |
| 1970s | 38,438 |
| 1980s | 25,625 |
| 1990s | 6,854 |
| Other decades | 828 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 149,821 |
| Assam | 914 |
| Tripura | 823 |
| Other states | 100 |
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