MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Duni mean?
Duni is a familiar shortened form of duniya, the South Asian word for the world. That word came through Persian and Urdu from Arabic dunya, which refers to earthly life.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
दुनी
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Duni in Indian usage
3,434 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (86%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 482 records (14%).
- Recorded as male: 2,952 records (86%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 438 |
| 1950s | 569 |
| 1960s | 646 |
| 1970s | 663 |
| 1980s | 579 |
| 1990s | 293 |
| Other decades | 246 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Himachal Pradesh | 1,764 |
| Haryana | 537 |
| Punjab | 337 |
| Bihar | 299 |
| Jharkhand | 206 |
| Other states | 291 |
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