MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Pabani mean?
Pabani is an Odia form connected with Sanskrit Pāvanī, “purifying”. Pavani is also a name of Ganga, linking the feminine name with the river's purifying role.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
पाबनी
Conventional spelling
Odia
ପାବନୀ
Conventional spelling
Odia
ପବନୀ
555 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Pabani in Indian usage
981 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (84.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 830 records (84.6%).
- Recorded as male: 151 records (15.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 116 |
| 1950s | 173 |
| 1960s | 215 |
| 1970s | 215 |
| 1980s | 129 |
| Other decades | 133 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 794 |
| Other states | 187 |
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, pāvana, p. 623,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, pāvanī, p. 623,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.