MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ratna mean?
Ratna comes from Sanskrit ratna, a jewel or precious stone. Sanskrit uses the word figuratively for something outstanding, as in putra-ratna, an excellent son. An older sense of the noun is a gift or valuable possession.
Meaning themes
precious
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रत्ना
Conventional spelling
Kannada
ರತ್ನಾ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ratna in Indian usage
35,454 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (87.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 31,022 records (87.5%).
- Recorded as male: 4,432 records (12.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 977 |
| 1950s | 2,361 |
| 1960s | 4,661 |
| 1970s | 7,465 |
| 1980s | 11,076 |
| 1990s | 8,524 |
| Other decades | 390 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 15,057 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 6,269 |
| Karnataka | 3,958 |
| Bihar | 2,640 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,566 |
| Jharkhand | 1,051 |
| Haryana | 486 |
| Sikkim | 418 |
| Meghalaya | 368 |
| Tripura | 346 |
| Uttarakhand | 342 |
| Rajasthan | 329 |
| Goa | 199 |
| Kerala | 199 |
| Assam | 193 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 182 |
| Mizoram | 176 |
| Delhi | 172 |
| Manipur | 136 |
| Nagaland | 109 |
| Other states | 258 |
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
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Ratna ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, ratna, p. 864,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.