MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Budhdi mean?
In Sanskrit, buddhi names the intellect, discernment and the power of forming sound judgement. In Samkhya philosophy it is the second of the twenty-five tattvas, the faculty that decides and understands. Some Puranic traditions also name Buddhi as a consort of Ganesha, alongside Siddhi.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बुद्धि
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
बुध्दी
Letter-by-letter: budhdī
536 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Budhdi in Indian usage
536 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling बुध्दी.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 345 records (64.4%).
- Recorded as male: 191 records (35.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 184 |
| 1960s | 196 |
| Other decades | 156 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 418 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 118 |
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, buddhi, p. 733,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.