MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Jhuna mean?
Jhuna belongs to eastern affectionate names built around the jingling sound jhun. In Odia, jhuna also denotes aromatic resin burned as incense, giving the regional name a second lexical possibility.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Odia
ଝୁନା
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
झुना
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
झूना
Letter-by-letter: jhūnā
1,663 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Jhuna in Indian usage
9,980 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (88.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 8,822 records (88.4%).
- Recorded as male: 1,158 records (11.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 287 |
| 1950s | 453 |
| 1960s | 1,002 |
| 1970s | 2,359 |
| 1980s | 3,704 |
| 1990s | 2,002 |
| Other decades | 173 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 4,365 |
| Odisha | 3,889 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 787 |
| Jharkhand | 516 |
| Other states | 423 |
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