MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bhavani mean?
Bhavānī is the feminine name related to Bhava, a Shiva epithet. It conventionally identifies Parvati or the goddess, with a different formation from bhāvanā, feeling.
Pronunciation
IAST: bhavānī
Meaning themes
parvati
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
भवानी
Letter-by-letter: bhavānī
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
भावानी
Letter-by-letter: bhāvānī
623 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bhavani in Indian usage
55,607 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (96%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 53,387 records (96%).
- Recorded as male: 2,220 records (4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 2,331 |
| 1940s | 3,569 |
| 1950s | 3,642 |
| 1960s | 4,040 |
| 1970s | 7,404 |
| 1980s | 17,318 |
| 1990s | 16,835 |
| Other decades | 468 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 43,321 |
| Kerala | 11,513 |
| Puducherry | 621 |
| Other states | 152 |
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.