MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sati mean?
Sati is the goddess described as Daksha's daughter and Shiva's wife. The Sanskrit feminine word also denotes a good or faithful woman, giving the name a separate ethical sense. Sati is also named as Uma or Durga in Sanskrit goddess literature.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सती
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sati in Indian usage
10,162 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling सती.
Mostly recorded for girls (85%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 8,639 records (85%).
- Recorded as male: 1,523 records (15%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 171 |
| 1940s | 708 |
| 1950s | 1,352 |
| 1960s | 2,354 |
| 1970s | 2,260 |
| 1980s | 2,025 |
| 1990s | 1,292 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 3,003 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,912 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,522 |
| Rajasthan | 1,369 |
| Jharkhand | 1,073 |
| Other states | 283 |
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, satī, p. 1135,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: सती ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.