MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bhabani mean?
Bhabani is the eastern pronunciation of Bhavani. The name identifies Parvati as the consort of Bhava, a name of Shiva, and is a well-established goddess title.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
भवानी
Conventional spelling
Odia
ଭବାନୀ
Conventional spelling
Bengali
ভবানী
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bhabani in Indian usage
14,664 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: 9,583 records (65.4%).
- Recorded as male: 5,081 records (34.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 207 |
| 1940s | 517 |
| 1950s | 1,117 |
| 1960s | 1,668 |
| 1970s | 2,976 |
| 1980s | 4,362 |
| 1990s | 3,714 |
| Other decades | 103 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 10,856 |
| Assam | 2,564 |
| Tripura | 740 |
| Bihar | 176 |
| Jharkhand | 135 |
| Other states | 193 |
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, bhavānī, p. 749,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.