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Kesavan name meaning

“an epithet of Vishnu and Krishna; having abundant hair”

Letters
7
Syllables
3
First letter
K
Origin
Sanskrit · Tamil
Category
Indian Names
Gender
♂ Boy
Peak 1990s: 9.7%
of the boy top-10 total
JPN Indian table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadeboy
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s9.7%
2000s6.1%
2010s–
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Kesavan

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Indian Names: KMeaning protectionSanskrit origin

Kesavan is a male name from Sanskrit keśava, an epithet of Vishnu and Krishna that also means 'having abundant hair'.

What does Kesavan mean?

An epithet of Vishnu and Krishna; having abundant hair

In Malay: gelaran Wisnu dan Krishna; berambut lebat

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About the name Kesavan

Kesavan is the Tamil-style spelling of Sanskrit keśava, an epithet of Vishnu and Krishna. In Sanskrit the word also means 'having long or abundant hair'. According to JPN, the name peaked in the 1990s with 480 baby boys. JPN counts the first word of registered names.

Gender♂ Boy
OriginSanskrit, Tamil
SyllablesKe-sa-van
First letterIndian Names starting with K

Kesavan in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
Boy: 480 · 9.7%
2000s
Boy: 244 · 6.1%
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Kesavan 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. Wiktionary: केशव (keśava) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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