MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Chini mean?
Odia chini is the everyday word for sugar and gives Chini its sweet image. Its use as an affectionate personal name draws on a familiar food word.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
चिनि
Conventional spelling
Odia
ଚିନି
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Chini in Indian usage
1,188 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (82.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 984 records (82.8%).
- Recorded as male: 204 records (17.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 181 |
| 1960s | 276 |
| 1970s | 282 |
| 1980s | 194 |
| 1990s | 113 |
| Other decades | 142 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 1,002 |
| Other states | 186 |
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