MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Vidhi mean?
Vidhi is a Sanskrit word for a rule, a prescribed act or a method. Religious and legal writing uses it for an instruction governing how an action is to be performed. Sanskrit grammatical writing uses vidhi specifically for an operative rule. Sanskrit poetry also uses the word for fate or the course allotted to events.
Pronunciation
IAST: vidhi
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
विधि
Letter-by-letter: vidhi
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Vidhi in Indian usage
3,733 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 2,727 records (73.1%).
- Recorded as male: 1,006 records (26.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 235 |
| 1960s | 270 |
| 1970s | 436 |
| 1980s | 1,304 |
| 1990s | 1,297 |
| Other decades | 191 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,206 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 550 |
| Rajasthan | 500 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 426 |
| Delhi | 271 |
| Haryana | 226 |
| Bihar | 170 |
| Uttarakhand | 161 |
| Other states | 223 |
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 | Vidhi / F | 3 | 5,927 |
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 Vidhi; Table_6, C7530 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Vidhi; Table_6, C7530
- Monier-Williams, vidhi, p. 968,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.