MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Dhana mean?
Dhana is a familiar personal form of dhan, wealth or treasure. The Sanskrit noun includes valued possessions and gifts, giving the name a wider sense of prosperity.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
धना
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Dhana in Indian usage
14,179 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: 5,093 records (35.9%).
- Recorded as male: 9,086 records (64.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 822 |
| 1940s | 1,816 |
| 1950s | 2,566 |
| 1960s | 3,199 |
| 1970s | 2,690 |
| 1980s | 1,942 |
| 1990s | 912 |
| Other decades | 232 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 5,457 |
| Punjab | 2,433 |
| Uttarakhand | 2,073 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,983 |
| Bihar | 999 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 300 |
| Jharkhand | 299 |
| Haryana | 233 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 137 |
| Other states | 265 |
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, dhana, p. 508,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.