MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ranjani mean?
Ranjani belongs to the Sanskrit rañj family, which covers colouring and giving delight. As a feminine name it carries the pleasing sense; Ranjani is also used in Indian musical nomenclature. The whole word also names plants including turmeric and night-flowering jasmine.
Pronunciation
IAST: rañjanī
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रंजनी
Letter-by-letter: rañjanī
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ranjani in Indian usage
13,737 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (97.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 13,350 records (97.2%).
- Recorded as male: 387 records (2.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 336 |
| 1960s | 1,030 |
| 1970s | 2,355 |
| 1980s | 5,353 |
| 1990s | 4,468 |
| Other decades | 195 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 5,707 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,190 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,695 |
| Jharkhand | 1,127 |
| Rajasthan | 601 |
| Uttarakhand | 169 |
| Other states | 248 |
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, rañjana, p. 863,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, rañjanī, p. 863,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.