MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shalini mean?
Shalini is the feminine form of śālin, which can mean praiseworthy or endowed with a quality. Śālinī is also the name of a Sanskrit poetic metre.
Pronunciation
IAST: śālinī
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शालिनी
Letter-by-letter: śālinī
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
शलिनी
Letter-by-letter: śalinī
2,139 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shalini in Indian usage
7,328 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 220 |
| 1960s | 379 |
| 1970s | 1,549 |
| 1980s | 2,841 |
| 1990s | 2,126 |
| Other decades | 213 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Delhi | 3,176 |
| Kerala | 2,018 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1,166 |
| Goa | 628 |
| Other states | 340 |
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, śālin, p. 1067,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, śālinī, p. 1067,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.