MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Lakhi mean?
Lakhi is a vernacular name connected with lākh, one hundred thousand. In affectionate speech a large monetary value can express preciousness, giving the name its sense of someone highly cherished.
Meaning themes
precious
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
लखी
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
लाखी
Letter-by-letter: lākhī
1,556 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Lakhi in Indian usage
29,461 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 19,848 records (67.4%).
- Recorded as male: 9,613 records (32.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 898 |
| 1940s | 2,036 |
| 1950s | 3,438 |
| 1960s | 5,780 |
| 1970s | 6,626 |
| 1980s | 6,277 |
| 1990s | 4,096 |
| Other decades | 310 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Jharkhand | 16,530 |
| Bihar | 6,534 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,522 |
| Haryana | 1,346 |
| Punjab | 631 |
| Uttarakhand | 547 |
| Assam | 336 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 312 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 258 |
| Rajasthan | 256 |
| Meghalaya | 212 |
| Delhi | 139 |
| Tripura | 137 |
| Odisha | 131 |
| Gujarat | 100 |
| Other states | 470 |
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