MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Vaani mean?
Vaani is the Sanskrit word for speech, voice and eloquent expression. It is also a name of Saraswati, the goddess of learning and speech.
Pronunciation
IAST: vāṇī
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
वाणी
Letter-by-letter: vāṇī
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Vaani in Indian usage
1,450 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (91.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,322 records (91.2%).
- Recorded as male: 128 records (8.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 227 |
| 1980s | 551 |
| 1990s | 489 |
| Other decades | 183 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Karnataka | 749 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 416 |
| Other states | 285 |
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.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Vaani / F | 25 | 1,271 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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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
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Vaani; Table_6, C1318 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Vaani; Table_6, C1318
- Monier-Williams, vāṇī, p. 939,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.