MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Chuni mean?
Chuni is a vernacular word for a ruby. It is particularly familiar in Bengali gemstone vocabulary. In personal naming it belongs to the practice of using precious stones as affectionate names.
Meaning themes
gem
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
चुनी
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Chuni in Indian usage
19,049 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: 13,757 records (72.2%).
- Recorded as male: 5,292 records (27.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,676 |
| 1940s | 2,753 |
| 1950s | 3,451 |
| 1960s | 3,626 |
| 1970s | 2,937 |
| 1980s | 2,495 |
| 1990s | 1,552 |
| Other decades | 559 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 11,998 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 2,471 |
| Bihar | 1,855 |
| Jharkhand | 780 |
| Punjab | 661 |
| Haryana | 551 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 293 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 220 |
| Other states | 220 |
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