MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Moti mean?
Moti is the Hindi pearl word and a gemstone-based personal name, distinct from moṭī, the adjective written with a retroflex consonant. Motilal adds an affectionate lāl to the pearl noun.
Pronunciation
IAST: motī
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मोती
Letter-by-letter: motī
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Moti in Indian usage
140,334 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (80.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 27,090 records (19.3%).
- Recorded as male: 113,244 records (80.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 1,620 |
| 1930s | 7,073 |
| 1940s | 17,750 |
| 1950s | 26,837 |
| 1960s | 32,803 |
| 1970s | 26,281 |
| 1980s | 18,069 |
| 1990s | 9,774 |
| Other decades | 127 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 37,730 |
| Bihar | 32,247 |
| Rajasthan | 31,301 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 14,110 |
| Jharkhand | 11,689 |
| Haryana | 3,168 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 2,446 |
| Delhi | 2,151 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,557 |
| Punjab | 1,429 |
| Maharashtra | 1,047 |
| Odisha | 558 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 316 |
| Chandigarh | 173 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 151 |
| Other states | 261 |
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