MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Joti mean?
Joti is the Punjabi name based on jot, light or flame, related to Sanskrit jyotis. In devotional usage, light can express the presence of the divine, adding a spiritual image to the ordinary word.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
जोति
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਜੋਤੀ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Joti in Indian usage
30,191 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (93.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 28,349 records (93.9%).
- Recorded as male: 1,842 records (6.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 458 |
| 1950s | 596 |
| 1960s | 1,679 |
| 1970s | 4,921 |
| 1980s | 12,860 |
| 1990s | 9,383 |
| Other decades | 294 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Punjab | 27,154 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 986 |
| Rajasthan | 663 |
| Bihar | 536 |
| Haryana | 216 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 203 |
| Jharkhand | 190 |
| Other states | 243 |
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, jyotis, p. 427,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.