MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Monu mean?
Monu is a familiar form of Moni or Mohan in Indian naming. Moni carries a jewel sense, while Mohan describes an enchanting one and is an epithet of Krishna.
Pronunciation
IAST: monū
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मोनू
Letter-by-letter: monū
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
मोनु
Letter-by-letter: monu
8,132 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Monu in Indian usage
102,477 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (88.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 11,923 records (11.6%).
- Recorded as male: 90,554 records (88.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 145 |
| 1950s | 252 |
| 1960s | 671 |
| 1970s | 2,168 |
| 1980s | 30,788 |
| 1990s | 68,325 |
| Other decades | 128 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 54,145 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 11,108 |
| Haryana | 10,805 |
| Bihar | 9,940 |
| Rajasthan | 9,119 |
| Uttarakhand | 2,930 |
| Jharkhand | 1,784 |
| Delhi | 747 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 624 |
| Chandigarh | 287 |
| Kerala | 271 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 172 |
| Meghalaya | 104 |
| Other states | 441 |
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