MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Santhi mean?
Sanskrit śānti denotes peace or tranquillity and gives the regional name Santhi its sense. The word is traditionally repeated at the close of many Sanskrit recitations.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शांति
Conventional spelling
Other spellings
- Shanti
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Santhi in Indian usage
829,476 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (96.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 800,203 records (96.5%).
- Recorded as male: 29,273 records (3.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 8,335 |
| 1930s | 37,509 |
| 1940s | 93,498 |
| 1950s | 146,486 |
| 1960s | 201,684 |
| 1970s | 156,046 |
| 1980s | 124,233 |
| 1990s | 61,054 |
| Other decades | 631 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 323,949 |
| Rajasthan | 127,106 |
| Bihar | 99,330 |
| Jharkhand | 53,003 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 45,073 |
| Haryana | 42,979 |
| Odisha | 36,777 |
| Uttarakhand | 23,432 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 23,214 |
| Delhi | 19,548 |
| Kerala | 8,991 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 8,613 |
| Assam | 5,050 |
| Tripura | 4,236 |
| Puducherry | 2,440 |
| Goa | 1,191 |
| Mizoram | 849 |
| Chandigarh | 797 |
| Manipur | 552 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 551 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 533 |
| Sikkim | 507 |
| Meghalaya | 479 |
| Other states | 276 |
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, śānti, p. 1064,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: शान्ति ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Behind the Name: Santhi ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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