MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Vina mean?
Vina represents Veena, the traditional stringed instrument. The veena is a familiar attribute of Saraswati, the goddess of learning and music.
Pronunciation
IAST: vīṇā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
वीणा
Letter-by-letter: vīṇā
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
विना
Letter-by-letter: vinā
12,729 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
विणा
Letter-by-letter: viṇā
10,787 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Vina in Indian usage
12,729 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling विना.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 12,528 records (98.4%).
- Recorded as male: 201 records (1.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 172 |
| 1950s | 786 |
| 1960s | 2,695 |
| 1970s | 3,071 |
| 1980s | 3,245 |
| 1990s | 2,760 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 8,973 |
| Jharkhand | 2,045 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 659 |
| Rajasthan | 588 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 277 |
| Other states | 187 |
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 | Vina / F | 3 | 5,927 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
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 Vina; Table_6, C7534 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Vina; Table_6, C7534
- Monier-Williams, vīṇā, p. 1005,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.