MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Mehandi mean?
Mehandi names henna, the plant whose leaves yield a reddish dye. The word is closely associated with wedding decoration and is also used as a masculine personal name in northern India.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मेहंदी
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
मेहन्दी
2,195 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Mehandi in Indian usage
8,994 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (86.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,182 records (13.1%).
- Recorded as male: 7,812 records (86.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 974 |
| 1950s | 1,693 |
| 1960s | 2,176 |
| 1970s | 1,794 |
| 1980s | 1,294 |
| 1990s | 749 |
| Other decades | 314 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 6,796 |
| Bihar | 453 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 351 |
| Uttarakhand | 333 |
| Jharkhand | 304 |
| Haryana | 230 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 203 |
| Rajasthan | 177 |
| Other states | 147 |
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