MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ganeshi mean?
Ganeshi is a vernacular derivative of Ganesha's name. Ganesha is the elephant-headed deity invoked at beginnings and associated with overcoming obstacles. Sanskrit also records Ganesha as a title of Shiva.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
गणेशी
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
गनेशी
Letter-by-letter: ganeśī
17,681 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ganeshi in Indian usage
17,681 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling गनेशी.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 11,821 records (66.9%).
- Recorded as male: 5,860 records (33.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 2,225 |
| 1950s | 3,158 |
| 1960s | 3,983 |
| 1970s | 3,631 |
| 1980s | 2,360 |
| 1990s | 1,314 |
| Other decades | 1,010 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 9,125 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 5,720 |
| Bihar | 2,585 |
| Other states | 251 |
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, gaṇeśa, p. 343,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.