MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Vindu mean?
Vindu belongs to Sanskrit bindu, a drop or small dot. In writing, bindu denotes the dot of anusvara. The noun can also denote zero, giving the name a mathematical as well as a visual background.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बिन्दु
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
विन्दु
Letter-by-letter: vindu
25,870 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
विन्दू
Letter-by-letter: vindū
10,603 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
विंदु
Letter-by-letter: viṃdu
7,299 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Vindu in Indian usage
34,439 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (88.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 30,538 records (88.7%).
- Recorded as male: 3,901 records (11.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 448 |
| 1950s | 1,551 |
| 1960s | 5,540 |
| 1970s | 11,720 |
| 1980s | 11,451 |
| 1990s | 3,503 |
| Other decades | 226 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 25,380 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,594 |
| Jharkhand | 3,703 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 409 |
| Uttarakhand | 113 |
| Other states | 240 |
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, bindu, p. 731,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: बिन्दु ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.