MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Rukmini mean?
Rukmini is the feminine of rukmin, “adorned with gold”. Rukmini is also Krishna's principal queen, the daughter of Bhishmaka and mother of Pradyumna in epic and Puranic accounts. Later traditions identify Rukmini with Lakshmi.
Pronunciation
IAST: rukmiṇī
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रुक्मिणी
Letter-by-letter: rukmiṇī
Conventional spelling
Kannada
ರುಕ್ಮಿಣಿ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Rukmini in Indian usage
13,298 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 667 |
| 1940s | 1,607 |
| 1950s | 2,139 |
| 1960s | 2,309 |
| 1970s | 2,177 |
| 1980s | 2,534 |
| 1990s | 1,720 |
| Other decades | 145 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Karnataka | 7,212 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 3,287 |
| Goa | 1,925 |
| Kerala | 690 |
| Other states | 184 |
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, rukmin, p. 882,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, rukmiṇī, p. 882,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.