MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Meenakshi mean?
Mīnākṣī combines mīna, fish, and akṣī, eyes, and names the goddess particularly associated with Madurai. Mīna, fish, joins akṣī, eyed, in the compound. At Madurai she is paired with Sundareswarar, a form of Shiva.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Tamil
மீனாக்ஷி
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
मीनाक्षी
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Meenakshi in Indian usage
175,256 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 174,272 records (99.4%).
- Recorded as male: 984 records (0.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 2,683 |
| 1940s | 5,279 |
| 1950s | 7,775 |
| 1960s | 12,169 |
| 1970s | 26,910 |
| 1980s | 67,548 |
| 1990s | 52,345 |
| Other decades | 547 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 36,917 |
| Rajasthan | 26,287 |
| Haryana | 19,870 |
| Kerala | 17,804 |
| Delhi | 14,734 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 11,448 |
| Uttarakhand | 9,717 |
| Odisha | 9,512 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 6,398 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 6,340 |
| Bihar | 5,688 |
| Jharkhand | 2,446 |
| Assam | 1,921 |
| Puducherry | 1,880 |
| Tripura | 1,566 |
| Chandigarh | 1,017 |
| Maharashtra | 934 |
| Goa | 413 |
| Meghalaya | 113 |
| Other states | 251 |
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 | Meenakshi / F | 8 | 3,035 |
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 Meenakshi; Table_6, C3230 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Meenakshi; Table_6, C3230
- Behind the Name: Minakshi ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Wiktionary: மீனாட்சி ↗ (opens in a new tab)
spelling
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Minakshi and Sundareshvara ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Marriage of Minakshi and Sundareshvara and the Madurai temple complex.
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.