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Kamala name meaning

“lotus; pale red”

Letters
6
Syllables
3
First letter
K
Origin
Sanskrit
Category
Indian Names
Gender
♀ Girl
Peak 1950s: 8.7%
of the girl top-10 total
JPN Indian table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadegirl
1940s–
1950s8.7%
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s–
2000s–
2010s–

Indian Names: KMeaning flowersSanskrit origin

Kamala is a girl's name from Sanskrit meaning 'lotus'.

What does Kamala mean?

Lotus; pale red

In Malay: teratai; merah pucat

#Flowers#Purity

Sources (2)

About the name Kamala

Kamala is a Sanskrit word meaning 'lotus' or 'pale red'. In Hindu tradition Kamala is also the name of a goddess identified with Lakshmi. According to JPN, it was recorded in the 1950s with 493 baby girls.

Gender♀ Girl
OriginSanskrit
SyllablesKa-ma-la
First letterIndian Names starting with K
Devanagari scriptकमला

Kamala in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
Girl: 493 · 8.7%
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
not in the top 10
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Kamala as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Indian table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Kamala · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: कमल · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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