MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Maithili mean?
Maithili identifies Sita through her homeland Mithila. In the Ramayana, she is the daughter of Janaka, the king of Mithila. The same regional adjective names the Maithili language spoken in parts of India and Nepal.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मैथिली
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Maithili in Indian usage
2,100 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 277 |
| 1950s | 361 |
| 1960s | 437 |
| 1970s | 457 |
| 1980s | 336 |
| Other decades | 232 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 1,240 |
| Kerala | 538 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 131 |
| Other states | 191 |
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 | Maithili / F | 4 | 4,867 |
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 Maithili; Table_6, C5506 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Maithili; Table_6, C5506
- Monier-Williams, maithilī, p. 834,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: मैथिली ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.