MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Roli mean?
Roli is the red powder used for a tilak in northern Indian ceremonies. Its use as a feminine name draws on the familiar material of welcome, blessing and celebration.
Meaning themes
red
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रोली
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Roli in Indian usage
14,818 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling रोली.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 14,616 records (98.6%).
- Recorded as male: 202 records (1.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 4,760 |
| 1990s | 9,318 |
| Other decades | 740 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 14,252 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 410 |
| Bihar | 156 |
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
- Wiktionary: रोली ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.