MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Mauni mean?
Sanskrit maunin describes someone who observes silence. The word is also used for an ascetic who undertakes a vow of silence.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मौनी
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Mauni in Indian usage
1,947 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: 1,516 records (77.9%).
- Recorded as male: 431 records (22.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 141 |
| 1960s | 183 |
| 1970s | 256 |
| 1980s | 580 |
| 1990s | 635 |
| Other decades | 152 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,130 |
| Bihar | 275 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 200 |
| Punjab | 120 |
| Other states | 222 |
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, maunin, p. 837,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.