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INDIAN NAME REFERENCE

Naini

Of the eyes; lovely-eyed

Naini means “Of the eyes; lovely-eyed”.

Origin language
Hindi / Sanskrit
First letter
N
Historical records
5,654

MEANING & CONTEXT

What does Naini mean?

Naini is built on nain, the Hindi word for eyes. The word also recalls Naini Devi, a form of the goddess worshipped at Nainital.

Meaning themes

Spellings in Indian scripts

Devanagari

नैनी

Conventional spelling

About spelling and pronunciation

HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS

Naini in Indian usage

5,654 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.

These totals and margins describe the spelling नैनी.

The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.

By birth decade

Naini: records by birth decade1940s: 4581940s1950s: 7461950s1960s: 1,0361960s1970s: 9741970s1980s: 1,1741980s1990s: 1,0511990sOther decades: 215Other decades
Recorded birth years 1910–2001.
Birth decadeRecords
1940s458
1950s746
1960s1,036
1970s974
1980s1,174
1990s1,051
Other decades215

By state or territory

State / territoryRecords
Rajasthan4,940
Madhya Pradesh315
Uttar Pradesh281
Bihar118
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

  1. Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001

  2. Monier-Williams, nayana, p. 528,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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