MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Dhanu mean?
Dhanu is a Sanskrit word for a bow. The bow is a prominent heroic object in Indian epics, making this short name part of an established vocabulary of archery. Rama's encounter with Shiva's bow is a celebrated episode of the Ramayana.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
धनु
Conventional spelling
Odia
ଧନୁ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Dhanu in Indian usage
15,688 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: 5,551 records (35.4%).
- Recorded as male: 10,137 records (64.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 645 |
| 1940s | 1,417 |
| 1950s | 2,164 |
| 1960s | 2,848 |
| 1970s | 2,912 |
| 1980s | 3,068 |
| 1990s | 2,462 |
| Other decades | 172 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 3,332 |
| Odisha | 3,230 |
| Jharkhand | 2,808 |
| Rajasthan | 2,291 |
| Maharashtra | 1,594 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,018 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 456 |
| Tripura | 231 |
| Assam | 177 |
| Other states | 551 |
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, dhanu, p. 509,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.