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Dhanaji

Wealth; respected Dhan

Dhanaji means “Wealth; respected Dhan”.

Origin language
Sanskrit / Hindi / Marathi
First letter
D
Historical records
15,616

MEANING & CONTEXT

What does Dhanaji mean?

Dhanaji adds the respectful suffix jī to Dhan, wealth or treasure. The shorter Dhan element is productive in Indian names expressing prosperity.

Meaning themes

Spellings in Indian scripts

Devanagari

धनजी

Conventional spelling

About spelling and pronunciation

HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS

Dhanaji in Indian usage

15,616 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.

Mostly recorded for boys (97.6%) in these historical records.

  • Recorded as female: 378 records (2.4%).
  • Recorded as male: 15,238 records (97.6%).

By birth decade

Dhanaji: records by birth decade1940s: 7041940s1950s: 1,1481950s1960s: 1,9041960s1970s: 3,5911970s1980s: 4,7131980s1990s: 3,2491990sOther decades: 307Other decades
Recorded birth years 1910–2001.
Birth decadeRecords
1940s704
1950s1,148
1960s1,904
1970s3,591
1980s4,713
1990s3,249
Other decades307

By state or territory

State / territoryRecords
Bihar9,087
Rajasthan3,336
Uttar Pradesh1,999
Madhya Pradesh847
Jharkhand148
Other states199
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

  1. Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001

  2. Monier-Williams, dhana, p. 508,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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