Chandi

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Chand in IN India, US United States, FJ Fiji and 5 more, Chanda in ZM Zambia, BR Brazil, SE Sweden and 3 more, Chan in MY Malaysia, HK Hong Kong and จินดา in TH Thailand.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Chandi is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name45K records spelled Chandi2 spellings in the group

  Also written Čhandī

• Bangla given name9.0K records spelled Chandi13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India

  Languages: Bangla, Assamese

  Also written চণ্ডী, চন্ডি, Chandee, চণডী, চুণ্ডী

• Sinhala given name840 records spelled Chandi4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India

  Also written Candi, චන්ඩි

• Thai surname495 records spelled Chandi21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand

  Also written ชื่นดี, ชนิด, ชุนดี, ชั้นดี, ชนัด

48 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Chandi is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, from Sanskrit; form of a goddess name

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• In Guarani, Para Cadogan es de etimología dudosa, pero se relacionaría con Chanay , “agua o árbol de Chaná o Chané: una tribu” ( [1960] 2005 : 52).

  as a word·Aguilera Jiménez (2021) — Guaraní surnames update to Cadogan's "Mil apellidos guaraníes"

• In dag, 1. walking; going; departing. (vide chag) 2. journey

  as a word·Dagbani Dictionary CD

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 117 years between 1907–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Anna Chandyb. 1905INnot in their usual nameIndian judge (1905-1996)
• Prof. K.M. Chandyb. 1921INnot in their usual nameIndian Freedom Fighter, Indian politician (1921-1998)
• Chandi Prasad Bhattb. 1934INIndian environmentalist
• Kanianthra Mani Chandyb. 1944USnot in their usual nameAmerican computer scientist
• Preet Chandib. 1989GBBritish army officer who became the first woman of colour to complete a solo expedition to reach the South Pole
• Zeus de la Pazb. 1995NLnot in their usual nameFootballer (born 1995)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 378 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Chandi?

We estimate roughly 208 thousand people bear Chandi (counting its spellings and scripts) across 17 countries in our records.

In which country does Chandi have the most bearers?

Chandi is most frequently recorded in Thailand, where it is most often spelled จินดา.

Where is Chandi most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Chandi is densest in Grenada — about 1 in 35 people — even though Thailand holds more of our records for it.

How common is Chandi compared with other names?

In Thailand, Chandi is the 58th most common surname of 1,043,186 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Chandi mean?

Recorded meaning: name for Sakti (goddess of power and destruction); angry;