MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Moni mean?
Bengali Moni continues Sanskrit maṇi, a jewel or gem. The word is also used affectionately for a cherished child or loved one.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मणि
Conventional spelling
Bengali
মণি
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
मोनी
Letter-by-letter: monī
43,221 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Moni in Indian usage
50,448 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (94.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 47,532 records (94.2%).
- Recorded as male: 2,916 records (5.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 229 |
| 1940s | 552 |
| 1950s | 1,037 |
| 1960s | 2,076 |
| 1970s | 4,150 |
| 1980s | 16,752 |
| 1990s | 25,536 |
| Other decades | 116 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 23,373 |
| Bihar | 15,451 |
| Jharkhand | 2,729 |
| Rajasthan | 1,835 |
| Delhi | 1,286 |
| Kerala | 1,254 |
| Haryana | 1,103 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 917 |
| Uttarakhand | 525 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 505 |
| Meghalaya | 247 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 228 |
| Punjab | 183 |
| Maharashtra | 150 |
| Nagaland | 136 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 130 |
| Odisha | 111 |
| Other states | 285 |
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, maṇi, p. 774,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.