MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Amala mean?
Sanskrit amala describes what is spotless, clean or shining. The feminine Amala is also a name of Lakshmi. It is used as a woman's name in Malayalam and Tamil.
Pronunciation
IAST: amalā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अमला
Letter-by-letter: amalā
Conventional spelling
Tamil
அமலா
Conventional spelling
Malayalam
അമല
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Amala in Indian usage
20,250 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (90.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 18,294 records (90.3%).
- Recorded as male: 1,956 records (9.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 395 |
| 1940s | 1,113 |
| 1950s | 2,325 |
| 1960s | 4,888 |
| 1970s | 4,048 |
| 1980s | 3,453 |
| 1990s | 3,924 |
| Other decades | 104 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 9,105 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2,458 |
| Kerala | 2,174 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,950 |
| Jharkhand | 1,258 |
| Odisha | 847 |
| Assam | 806 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 462 |
| Rajasthan | 253 |
| Puducherry | 229 |
| Gujarat | 130 |
| Uttarakhand | 128 |
| Tripura | 108 |
| Other states | 342 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Amala / F | 4 | 4,867 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Amala; Table_6, C4950 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Amala; Table_6, C4950
- Monier-Williams, amala, p. 81,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, amalā, p. 81,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: അമല ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.