MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Santoshi mean?
Santoshi is an adjective formed from santoṣa, contentment. The name also evokes Santoshi Mata in modern devotional tradition.
Pronunciation
IAST: santoṣī
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
संतोषी
Letter-by-letter: santoṣī
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
सन्तोषी
Letter-by-letter: santoṣī
664 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Santoshi in Indian usage
67,792 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (94.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 64,117 records (94.6%).
- Recorded as male: 3,675 records (5.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 256 |
| 1940s | 775 |
| 1950s | 1,672 |
| 1960s | 4,544 |
| 1970s | 13,531 |
| 1980s | 25,741 |
| 1990s | 21,132 |
| Other decades | 141 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 20,168 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 16,139 |
| Bihar | 11,147 |
| Jharkhand | 7,232 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 5,767 |
| Rajasthan | 3,603 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,563 |
| Delhi | 971 |
| Goa | 438 |
| Haryana | 196 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 191 |
| Maharashtra | 172 |
| Other states | 205 |
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