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Binu

Pet form of Bina or Vinod

Binu means “Pet form of Bina or Vinod”.

Origin language
Hindi
First letter
B
Historical records
15,868

MEANING & CONTEXT

What does Binu mean?

Binu can be a short affectionate form of Bina, a name connected with the vīṇā instrument. It is also used for names such as Vinod, whose root conveys pleasure or amusement.

Meaning themes

Spellings in Indian scripts

Devanagari

बीनू

Conventional spelling

About spelling and pronunciation

HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS

Binu in Indian usage

15,868 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.

Mostly recorded for girls (84.6%) in these historical records.

  • Recorded as female: 13,428 records (84.6%).
  • Recorded as male: 2,440 records (15.4%).

By birth decade

Binu: records by birth decade1950s: 3031950s1960s: 8701960s1970s: 2,5331970s1980s: 6,4441980s1990s: 5,5601990sOther decades: 158Other decades
Recorded birth years 1910–2001.
Birth decadeRecords
1950s303
1960s870
1970s2,533
1980s6,444
1990s5,560
Other decades158

By state or territory

State / territoryRecords
Uttar Pradesh11,133
Madhya Pradesh1,312
Rajasthan860
Bihar613
Haryana427
Uttarakhand332
Punjab325
Jharkhand299
Kerala204
Assam144
Other states219
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

  1. Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001

  2. Monier-Williams, vīṇā, p. 1005,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  3. Monier-Williams, vinoda, p. 972,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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