MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bhana mean?
Hindi bhana is the verb for being pleasing or appealing. In Punjabi devotional speech, bhana also denotes the divine will, giving the name a second established regional sense.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
भाना
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bhana in Indian usage
8,426 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: 4,153 records (49.3%).
- Recorded as male: 4,273 records (50.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 502 |
| 1940s | 1,186 |
| 1950s | 1,650 |
| 1960s | 1,961 |
| 1970s | 1,517 |
| 1980s | 970 |
| 1990s | 496 |
| Other decades | 144 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,520 |
| Rajasthan | 2,441 |
| Haryana | 1,110 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,024 |
| Gujarat | 463 |
| Uttarakhand | 289 |
| Punjab | 247 |
| Maharashtra | 165 |
| Other states | 167 |
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