MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Mithai mean?
Mithai is the familiar Hindi word for a sweet or confection. Its use as a masculine household name belongs to affectionate naming through food and treasured objects.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मिठाई
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Mithai in Indian usage
12,413 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (94.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 682 records (5.5%).
- Recorded as male: 11,731 records (94.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 1,725 |
| 1950s | 2,751 |
| 1960s | 3,144 |
| 1970s | 2,377 |
| 1980s | 1,407 |
| 1990s | 501 |
| Other decades | 508 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 10,309 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,433 |
| Bihar | 366 |
| Other states | 305 |
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