MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Vanit mean?
Vanit is a Punjabi personal form related to Vinit, from Sanskrit vinīta. The adjective describes someone trained, well-mannered or modest and comes from a verb of leading or guiding.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
विनीत
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਵਨੀਤ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Vanit in Indian usage
2,489 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (91.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 212 records (8.5%).
- Recorded as male: 2,277 records (91.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 516 |
| 1980s | 1,230 |
| 1990s | 612 |
| Other decades | 131 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Punjab | 1,581 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 595 |
| Haryana | 191 |
| Other states | 122 |
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, vinīta, p. 972,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.