MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ladali mean?
Ladali is the Hindi feminine word for someone dearly loved or cherished. Its use for a daughter turns an affectionate family address into a personal name.
Meaning themes
lovedaughter
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
लाडली
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ladali in Indian usage
16,462 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling लाडली.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 16,161 records (98.2%).
- Recorded as male: 301 records (1.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 143 |
| 1940s | 467 |
| 1950s | 680 |
| 1960s | 1,513 |
| 1970s | 2,917 |
| 1980s | 4,815 |
| 1990s | 5,927 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 10,837 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,784 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,743 |
| Jharkhand | 1,098 |
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