MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shanti mean?
Shananti represents Shanti, the Sanskrit noun for peace and calm. The word also occurs in the repeated peace invocation at the end of many Sanskrit prayers.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शान्ति
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shanti in Indian usage
5,912 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 |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 473 |
| 1940s | 1,029 |
| 1950s | 1,296 |
| 1960s | 1,286 |
| 1970s | 734 |
| 1980s | 628 |
| 1990s | 366 |
| Other decades | 100 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 5,033 |
| Other states | 879 |
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)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.