MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Vinay mean?
Vinaya denotes discipline and courteous behaviour, and modern Hindi preserves the same word in polite requests and respectful address. The Sanskrit noun vinaya can describe discipline, training or courteous behaviour.
Pronunciation
IAST: vinaya
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
विनय
Letter-by-letter: vinaya
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Vinay in Indian usage
282,405 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 5,538 records (2%).
- Recorded as male: 276,867 records (98%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 355 |
| 1940s | 2,019 |
| 1950s | 8,427 |
| 1960s | 25,094 |
| 1970s | 55,449 |
| 1980s | 99,844 |
| 1990s | 90,893 |
| Other decades | 324 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 121,392 |
| Bihar | 76,625 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 19,511 |
| Jharkhand | 17,694 |
| Delhi | 12,618 |
| Haryana | 9,275 |
| Rajasthan | 6,814 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 6,671 |
| Uttarakhand | 4,741 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 4,487 |
| Kerala | 687 |
| Goa | 670 |
| Chandigarh | 631 |
| Maharashtra | 214 |
| Other states | 375 |
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 | Vinay / M | 3 | 5,137 |
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 Vinay; Table_6, C6508 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Vinay; Table_6, C6508
- Wiktionary: विनय ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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