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INDIAN NAME REFERENCE

Hena

Henna; the fragrant henna plant

Hena means “Henna; the fragrant henna plant”.

Origin language
Bengali / Hindi / Persian / Arabic
First letter
H
Historical records
16,678

MEANING & CONTEXT

What does Hena mean?

Hena is a regional form of the word henna, the plant used for dyeing and decoration. In Bengali, henā is also familiar as a fragrant plant name, giving the personal name a floral association.

Meaning themes

Spellings in Indian scripts

Devanagari

हेना

Conventional spelling

About spelling and pronunciation

HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS

Hena in Indian usage

16,678 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.

Mostly recorded for girls (98.5%) in these historical records.

  • Recorded as female: 16,423 records (98.5%).
  • Recorded as male: 255 records (1.5%).

By birth decade

Hena: records by birth decade1950s: 3261950s1960s: 8691960s1970s: 2,1171970s1980s: 5,2871980s1990s: 7,8501990sOther decades: 229Other decades
Recorded birth years 1910–2001.
Birth decadeRecords
1950s326
1960s869
1970s2,117
1980s5,287
1990s7,850
Other decades229

By state or territory

State / territoryRecords
Bihar8,925
Uttar Pradesh3,096
Jharkhand1,856
Assam1,302
Odisha898
Tripura388
Other states213
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

  1. Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001

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