MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sanvali mean?
Sanvali is the feminine form of Hindi sanvala, “dusky”. The same colour vocabulary is familiar in devotional poetry describing Krishna as Sanvara or Shyam.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सांवली
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sanvali in Indian usage
2,127 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 1,554 records (73.1%).
- Recorded as male: 573 records (26.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 285 |
| 1950s | 393 |
| 1960s | 451 |
| 1970s | 374 |
| 1980s | 303 |
| 1990s | 168 |
| Other decades | 153 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 983 |
| Rajasthan | 886 |
| Other states | 258 |
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