MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Somai mean?
Somai is a vernacular personal form based on Som, the moon. Soma is also the name of the Vedic sacred drink and its deity, giving the short base more than one ancient association.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सोमई
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Somai in Indian usage
5,974 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 122 records (2%).
- Recorded as male: 5,852 records (98%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 318 |
| 1940s | 881 |
| 1950s | 1,294 |
| 1960s | 1,222 |
| 1970s | 1,002 |
| 1980s | 876 |
| Other decades | 381 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 5,780 |
| Other states | 194 |
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