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Letchumy name meaning

“mark, sign”

Letters
8
Syllables
3
First letter
L
Origin
Sanskrit · Tamil
Category
Indian Names
Gender
♀ Girl
Peak 1940s: 12.9%
of the girl top-10 total
JPN Indian table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadegirl
1940s12.9%
1950s11.9%
1960s9.3%
1970s9.8%
1980s–
1990s–
2000s–
2010s–

Indian Names: LMeaning prosperitySanskrit origin

Letchumy is a female name, a spelling of Lakshmi from Sanskrit lakṣmī meaning 'mark, sign'.

What does Letchumy mean?

Mark, sign

In Malay: tanda, petanda

#Prosperity

Sources (2)

About the name Letchumy

Letchumy is a Malaysian spelling of Lakshmi, the name of the Hindu goddess of prosperity and good fortune, consort of Vishnu. Letchumy and Letchimy are spellings used in Malaysia. According to JPN, it peaked in the 1970s with 740 baby girls.

Gender♀ Girl
OriginSanskrit, Tamil
SyllablesLetch-u-my
First letterIndian Names starting with L
Devanagari scriptलक्ष्मी
Malayalam scriptലക്ഷ്മി

Letchumy in official JPN data

1940s
Girl: 266 · 12.9%
1950s
Girl: 672 · 11.9%
1960s
Girl: 666 · 9.3%
1970s
Girl: 740 · 9.8%
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 Letchumy 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: Lakshmi · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Lakshmi · behindthename.com · meaning

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