MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sonakali mean?
Sonakali pairs sona, gold, with kalī, flower bud. The compound places the image of a flower before opening beside the value and colour of gold.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सोनकली
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sonakali in Indian usage
17,374 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 17,270 records (99.4%).
- Recorded as male: 104 records (0.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,065 |
| 1940s | 2,333 |
| 1950s | 2,940 |
| 1960s | 3,510 |
| 1970s | 2,990 |
| 1980s | 2,628 |
| 1990s | 1,667 |
| Other decades | 241 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 12,061 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4,842 |
| Bihar | 311 |
| Other states | 160 |
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