MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bhumi mean?
Bhumi is the Sanskrit noun for the earth or ground beneath one's feet. Sacred literature also personifies Earth as the goddess Bhumi or Bhudevi.
Pronunciation
IAST: bhūmi
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
भूमि
Letter-by-letter: bhūmi
Conventional spelling
Odia
ଭୂମି
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bhumi in Indian usage
2,831 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: 2,169 records (76.6%).
- Recorded as male: 662 records (23.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 216 |
| 1950s | 529 |
| 1960s | 690 |
| 1970s | 632 |
| 1980s | 416 |
| 1990s | 214 |
| Other decades | 134 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 2,018 |
| Bihar | 448 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 133 |
| Other states | 232 |
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, bhūmi, p. 763,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: Bhumi ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Wiktionary: भूमि ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.