MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Meena mean?
Mīna is the Sanskrit fish word also found in Meenakshi, whose second element means eye and evokes fish-shaped eyes. Meenakshi is also the name of the goddess worshipped at Madurai.
Pronunciation
IAST: mīnā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मीना
Letter-by-letter: mīnā
Conventional spelling
Other spellings
- Mina
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Meena in Indian usage
1,208,653 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,191,990 records (98.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 1,316 |
| 1930s | 3,640 |
| 1940s | 14,609 |
| 1950s | 64,064 |
| 1960s | 255,801 |
| 1970s | 352,410 |
| 1980s | 347,767 |
| 1990s | 168,820 |
| Other decades | 226 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 336,874 |
| Bihar | 333,034 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 104,156 |
| Jharkhand | 80,822 |
| Rajasthan | 78,914 |
| Haryana | 67,009 |
| Odisha | 52,450 |
| Delhi | 36,416 |
| Uttarakhand | 26,555 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 24,780 |
| Punjab | 24,271 |
| Assam | 10,759 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 7,087 |
| Kerala | 5,324 |
| Tripura | 4,108 |
| Maharashtra | 2,670 |
| Chandigarh | 2,232 |
| Gujarat | 1,760 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1,606 |
| Meghalaya | 1,445 |
| Sikkim | 1,409 |
| Puducherry | 989 |
| Karnataka | 960 |
| Goa | 914 |
| Manipur | 860 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 443 |
| Nagaland | 373 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 161 |
| Mizoram | 161 |
| Other states | 111 |
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 | Meena / F | 9 | 2,788 |
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 Meena; Table_6, C2949 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Meena; Table_6, C2949
- Monier-Williams, mīna, p. 818,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: Mina (2) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Wiktionary: मीना ↗ (opens in a new tab)
script
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.