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INDIAN NAME REFERENCE

Phaikani

Cast away; foundling-name form

Phaikani means “Cast away; foundling-name form”.

Origin language
Hindi
First letter
P
Historical records
5,351

MEANING & CONTEXT

What does Phaikani mean?

Phaikani is the feminine form of the eastern name Phaikan or Phekan. Names built on throwing away belong to protective folk naming practices in which humble language is used for a cherished child.

Spellings in Indian scripts

Devanagari

फैकनी

Conventional spelling

About spelling and pronunciation

HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS

Phaikani in Indian usage

5,351 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.

These totals and margins describe the spelling फैकनी.

The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.

By birth decade

Phaikani: records by birth decade1930s: 2701930s1940s: 4551940s1950s: 7681950s1960s: 1,5381960s1970s: 1,2891970s1980s: 7591980sOther decades: 272Other decades
Recorded birth years 1910–2001.
Birth decadeRecords
1930s270
1940s455
1950s768
1960s1,538
1970s1,289
1980s759
Other decades272

By state or territory

State / territoryRecords
Bihar5,351
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