MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Dinu mean?
Dinu is an affectionate short form of Dina and names beginning with Din. Depending on the longer name, din may reflect Sanskrit dina, day, or dina, humble or poor, so the short form does not choose between those roots.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
दीनू
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Dinu in Indian usage
8,348 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (87.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,055 records (12.6%).
- Recorded as male: 7,293 records (87.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 472 |
| 1950s | 902 |
| 1960s | 1,035 |
| 1970s | 1,131 |
| 1980s | 2,489 |
| 1990s | 2,130 |
| Other decades | 189 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,583 |
| Kerala | 1,533 |
| Rajasthan | 1,217 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,152 |
| Haryana | 931 |
| Jharkhand | 792 |
| Odisha | 399 |
| Bihar | 307 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 153 |
| Other states | 281 |
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, dina, p. 478,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, dīna, p. 480,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.