MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Punni mean?
Punni belongs to the vernacular name family of punya, “merit” or “goodness”. Punjabi punn and Hindi pun preserve this sense in ordinary devotional vocabulary.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
पुन्नी
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Punni in Indian usage
2,090 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling पुन्नी.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 1,559 records (74.6%).
- Recorded as male: 531 records (25.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 312 |
| 1950s | 292 |
| 1960s | 460 |
| 1970s | 428 |
| 1980s | 285 |
| 1990s | 155 |
| Other decades | 158 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 765 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 547 |
| Bihar | 450 |
| Other states | 328 |
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