MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Mohini mean?
Mohinī is the feminine of mohin, enchanting. The name also identifies Vishnu's female form in narratives connected with the distribution of the ocean-churning nectar. In the nectar story Mohini distributes the drink to the gods after the churning.
Pronunciation
IAST: mohinī
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मोहिनी
Letter-by-letter: mohinī
Conventional spelling
Odia
ମୋହିନୀ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Mohini in Indian usage
53,522 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 52,833 records (98.7%).
- Recorded as male: 689 records (1.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 860 |
| 1940s | 2,488 |
| 1950s | 4,492 |
| 1960s | 6,385 |
| 1970s | 7,649 |
| 1980s | 13,337 |
| 1990s | 18,070 |
| Other decades | 241 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 19,268 |
| Rajasthan | 6,702 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 5,356 |
| Odisha | 3,948 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 3,594 |
| Delhi | 2,996 |
| Kerala | 2,746 |
| Haryana | 1,976 |
| Bihar | 1,380 |
| Jharkhand | 1,193 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,167 |
| Goa | 1,028 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 609 |
| Assam | 385 |
| Punjab | 246 |
| Karnataka | 241 |
| Tripura | 195 |
| Chandigarh | 159 |
| Maharashtra | 152 |
| Other states | 181 |
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, mohinī, p. 836,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.