MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nandani mean?
Nandani is a vernacular form of Nandini, a Sanskrit word for a daughter. Its root nand expresses rejoicing, and Nandini is also used as a name of Durga.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
नन्दिनी
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
नंदनी
Letter-by-letter: naṃdanī
13,491 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
नन्दनी
Letter-by-letter: nandanī
7,205 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nandani in Indian usage
29,818 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 29,443 records (98.7%).
- Recorded as male: 375 records (1.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 400 |
| 1950s | 920 |
| 1960s | 2,182 |
| 1970s | 3,381 |
| 1980s | 7,809 |
| 1990s | 14,934 |
| Other decades | 192 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 11,386 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 9,119 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 5,228 |
| Jharkhand | 1,992 |
| Rajasthan | 739 |
| Odisha | 431 |
| Uttarakhand | 403 |
| Haryana | 363 |
| Other states | 157 |
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, nandinī, p. 527,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: नन्दिनी ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.