MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Rikhi mean?
Rikhi is a northern vernacular form of ṛṣi, a sage or inspired seer. In older Sanskrit usage rishis are the poet-seers associated with the sacred hymns of the Vedas.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रिखी
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Rikhi in Indian usage
2,311 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (85.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 327 records (14.1%).
- Recorded as male: 1,984 records (85.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 212 |
| 1940s | 402 |
| 1950s | 515 |
| 1960s | 447 |
| 1970s | 368 |
| 1980s | 202 |
| Other decades | 165 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Himachal Pradesh | 883 |
| Punjab | 351 |
| Haryana | 280 |
| Bihar | 208 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 175 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 173 |
| Jharkhand | 108 |
| Other states | 133 |
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, ṛṣi, p. 226,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.