MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Somani mean?
Somani in eastern Hindi naming can be formed from Som, the moon-name Soma. The feminine ending turns that lunar name into a regional personal form.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सोमनी
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
सोमाणी
Letter-by-letter: somāṇī
3,271 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Somani in Indian usage
8,536 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling सोमनी.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 110 |
| 1930s | 416 |
| 1940s | 717 |
| 1950s | 1,354 |
| 1960s | 2,364 |
| 1970s | 1,840 |
| 1980s | 1,215 |
| 1990s | 520 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 7,880 |
| Other states | 656 |
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, soma, p. 1249,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.