MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Muni mean?
Sanskrit muni denotes a sage or contemplative ascetic. Munish combines it with īśa, lord, to express lord of sages.
Pronunciation
IAST: muni
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मुनि
Letter-by-letter: muni
Conventional spelling
Odia
ମୁନୀ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
मुनी
Letter-by-letter: munī
43,979 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Muni in Indian usage
81,278 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 64,585 records (79.5%).
- Recorded as male: 16,693 records (20.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,230 |
| 1940s | 3,391 |
| 1950s | 7,282 |
| 1960s | 15,442 |
| 1970s | 22,471 |
| 1980s | 19,986 |
| 1990s | 10,989 |
| Other decades | 487 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 32,031 |
| Jharkhand | 16,543 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 7,452 |
| Odisha | 6,678 |
| Rajasthan | 4,522 |
| Delhi | 3,573 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 3,163 |
| Haryana | 2,874 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,104 |
| Maharashtra | 874 |
| Assam | 643 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 587 |
| Gujarat | 374 |
| Punjab | 161 |
| Meghalaya | 137 |
| Chandigarh | 126 |
| Uttarakhand | 122 |
| Other states | 314 |
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