MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kamani mean?
Kamani is a vernacular personal-name form associated with Kamini. Sanskrit kāminī denotes a loving woman and belongs to the kāma vocabulary of affection and desire.
Pronunciation
IAST: kāminī
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कामिनी
Letter-by-letter: kāminī
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਕਾਮਿਨੀ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
कामनी
Letter-by-letter: kāmanī
21,043 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Gurmukhi
ਕਾਮਨੀ
1,411 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kamani in Indian usage
24,194 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 23,929 records (98.9%).
- Recorded as male: 265 records (1.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 590 |
| 1950s | 1,591 |
| 1960s | 4,104 |
| 1970s | 5,242 |
| 1980s | 6,588 |
| 1990s | 5,808 |
| Other decades | 271 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 11,167 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 7,424 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,848 |
| Punjab | 1,520 |
| Jharkhand | 595 |
| Haryana | 524 |
| Uttarakhand | 402 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 292 |
| Rajasthan | 273 |
| Other states | 149 |
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.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Kamani / M | 4 | 4,275 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Kamani; Table_6, C4692 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Kamani; Table_6, C4692
- Monier-Williams, kāminī, p. 273,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, kāma, p. 271,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.