MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sani mean?
Sani corresponds to Śani, the Sanskrit name of the planet Saturn. The traditional name is associated with slow movement, reflected in the related word śanaiḥ.
Pronunciation
IAST: śani
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शनि
Letter-by-letter: śani
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sani in Indian usage
70,824 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (82.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 12,507 records (17.7%).
- Recorded as male: 58,317 records (82.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 396 |
| 1940s | 1,000 |
| 1950s | 1,767 |
| 1960s | 2,830 |
| 1970s | 4,295 |
| 1980s | 22,729 |
| 1990s | 37,635 |
| Other decades | 172 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 27,448 |
| Punjab | 15,222 |
| Bihar | 7,044 |
| Jharkhand | 5,940 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4,559 |
| Odisha | 1,996 |
| Rajasthan | 1,656 |
| Kerala | 1,158 |
| Maharashtra | 935 |
| Haryana | 886 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 706 |
| Manipur | 659 |
| Uttarakhand | 504 |
| Delhi | 489 |
| Assam | 480 |
| Tripura | 434 |
| Gujarat | 262 |
| Other states | 446 |
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, śani, p. 1051,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.