MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Dhaniya mean?
As a personal name, Dhaniya can continue dhanya, “blessed or fortunate”, in an affectionate feminine form. Hindi dhaniyā also names coriander, giving the native form a separate everyday plant sense.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
धनिया
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Dhaniya in Indian usage
12,806 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (88.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 11,381 records (88.9%).
- Recorded as male: 1,425 records (11.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 826 |
| 1940s | 1,757 |
| 1950s | 2,411 |
| 1960s | 3,031 |
| 1970s | 2,447 |
| 1980s | 1,448 |
| 1990s | 687 |
| Other decades | 199 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 6,471 |
| Bihar | 2,263 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,952 |
| Jharkhand | 1,173 |
| Rajasthan | 760 |
| Other states | 187 |
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.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, dhanya, p. 509,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.