MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Dei mean?
Dei is a north Indian vernacular form of Devi. Devi is the Sanskrit feminine word for a deity and a respectful divine title used in many women's names.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
देई
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Dei in Indian usage
1,014 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: 671 records (66.2%).
- Recorded as male: 343 records (33.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 164 |
| 1950s | 211 |
| 1960s | 224 |
| 1970s | 163 |
| Other decades | 252 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Himachal Pradesh | 566 |
| Haryana | 241 |
| Other states | 207 |
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, devī, p. 496,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.