Meaning and background
The story behind Bijli
Bijli is a Hindi word written बिजली and used for electricity or electric power. In the closely related Urdu vocabulary, the same spoken form can also refer to lightning or a thunderbolt. Those documented senses make it an energetic-sounding word-inspired name, while leaving an owner’s individual reasons unknown. Its two commonly discussed spellings and senses should not be replaced by a vague claim about a mythical “lightning spirit”.
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Bijli appears in 4 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (1)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
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