MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nathi mean?
Nathi is related to nāth, a nose ring, in northern protective naming. The custom of piercing a child's nose gave rise to names in the Nathu family.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
नाथी
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nathi in Indian usage
38,211 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (90.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 34,728 records (90.9%).
- Recorded as male: 3,483 records (9.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 3,411 |
| 1940s | 6,974 |
| 1950s | 8,760 |
| 1960s | 8,604 |
| 1970s | 4,590 |
| 1980s | 3,349 |
| 1990s | 1,449 |
| Other decades | 1,074 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 32,005 |
| Haryana | 1,833 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,775 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,273 |
| Uttarakhand | 408 |
| Punjab | 373 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 235 |
| Other states | 309 |
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
- Crooke, Folk-Lore of Northern India, vol. II, ch. I ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical protective naming, symbolic child-sale names, and nose-piercing names. The regional applications to Bechan, Chhedi and Nathi are editorial readings, not quoted headword definitions.