Globally, Phani (Phani 
, ภาณี , พาณี ) is a common gender-neutral first name. The first name Phani is habitual in Thailand, where it is quite a rare principally girly, but very infrequently male name, India, where it is quite a rare largely male, but seldom female name, and Qatar, where it is a rare boy's name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in India, Thailand, and the United States. Much less frequently, Phani is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Phani | Bangladesh, Thailand, Indonesia, United States, India |
| พาณี, ภาณี, ผานิ | Thailand |
Phani is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Phani , the operatic character in the opera Les Indes galantes.
| phani bhusan chakravartti Indian judge, IN (b. 1898) |
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| phani gopal sen gupta politician, IN (b. 1905) |
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| phani majmudar Indian film director, IN (b. 1911) |
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| phani bora Indian politician, IN (b. 1923) |
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phani bhushan entrepreneur in Information Technology |
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| phani bhusan choudhury Indian politician, IN (b. 1952) |
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| phani anupama vankineni Indian businessperson (born 1971, child of Rajendra Prasad Kalagara), IN (b. 1971) |
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| phani raju kala venkata Recipient of Shaurya Chakra, IN |
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| phani s. karamched researcher, ORCID id # 0000-0002-5599-866X |
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| phani kumar chintakayala researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-2526-8674 |
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| phani garapati researcher |
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| phani bhusan singhababu Indian politician, IN |
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| phani bhushan bhattacharya Ph.D. University of Delhi |
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| phani ramachandra Indian film director, IN |
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| phani kiran yajamanyam researcher |
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